"Sandalwood" is a word in ENGLISH
Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields
sandalwood.
The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East
Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees
of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S.
pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to
several other kinds of fragrant wood.
The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for
dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).
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Following some duty overseas, the officers at the Fort were planning a welcome home party and dance for the unit. Being an all male combat force, they decided to request coeds from some of the surrounding colleges to attend. The Captain called Vassar and was assured by the Dean that arrangements could be made to send over a dozen of their most trustworthy students. The Captain hesitated, then said, "Would it also be possible to send a dozen or so of the other kind?"
A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring …
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