Definition of Santalum album

1. Noun. Parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests.

Exact synonyms: Sandalwood Tree, True Sandalwood
Group relationships: Genus Santalum, Santalum
Terms within: Sandalwood
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Santalum Album

Santa Gertrudis
Santa Lucia fir
Santa Maria de Belem
Santa Maria del Tule
Santa Maria tree
Santa Rosa
Santa hat
Santa hats
Santa sack
Santa sacks
Santa suit
Santa suits
Santalaceae
Santalales
Santali
Santalum album
Santana wind
Santana winds
Santander
Santas
Santee
Santee Dakota
Santee Sioux
Santees
Santhosh
Santiago
Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de los Caballeros

Literary usage of Santalum album

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"... santalum album, Linne.* India, ascending to the temperate elevations of Mysore. A small or middle-sized tree, famed for its fragrant wood and roots. ..."

2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"( ) S santalum album. SANDAL WOOD. ******************** Class and Order. ... SANTALUM album. Linn. Sp. PL p. 497. Roxb. Fl. Indie. v. 1. p. 462. ..."

3. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1899)
"... distilled from the wood of santalum album. Dose, 0.5-1 cc (10-15 mins.). Therapeutic Uses.—As has been mentioned, these drugs find their most extensive ..."

4. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1849)
"In cultivation, santalum album requires the ordinary treatment of stove plants, a brisk temperature during the season of growth, with plenty of moisture ..."

5. Between East and West: The Moluccas and the Traffic in Spices Up to the by R. A. Donkin (2003)
"... perhaps was originally prepared by expatriate Chinese.51 SANDALWOOD: Santalum album Description and Distribution Sandalwood is "a small, evergreen tree, ..."

6. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"Regeneration of Somatic Embryos and Plantlets in Protoplast Cultures of Sandalwood (santalum album L). PS Rao and VA Bapat Plant Biotechnology Section, ..."

7. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"... santalum album, Linne.* India, ascending to the temperate elevations of Mysore. A small or middle-sized tree, famed for its fragrant wood and roots. ..."

8. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"( ) S santalum album. SANDAL WOOD. ******************** Class and Order. ... SANTALUM album. Linn. Sp. PL p. 497. Roxb. Fl. Indie. v. 1. p. 462. ..."

9. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1899)
"... distilled from the wood of santalum album. Dose, 0.5-1 cc (10-15 mins.). Therapeutic Uses.—As has been mentioned, these drugs find their most extensive ..."

10. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1849)
"In cultivation, santalum album requires the ordinary treatment of stove plants, a brisk temperature during the season of growth, with plenty of moisture ..."

11. Between East and West: The Moluccas and the Traffic in Spices Up to the by R. A. Donkin (2003)
"... perhaps was originally prepared by expatriate Chinese.51 SANDALWOOD: Santalum album Description and Distribution Sandalwood is "a small, evergreen tree, ..."

12. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"Regeneration of Somatic Embryos and Plantlets in Protoplast Cultures of Sandalwood (santalum album L). PS Rao and VA Bapat Plant Biotechnology Section, ..."

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