1. Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
   "Red sandalwood commands high prices in the furniture market";
   - red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders, Pterocarpus santalinus
    
2. Hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
   "The antique chest was crafted from beautiful red sandalwood";
   - ruby wood
    
3. East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
   "red sandalwood trees add a tropical flair to landscaping";
   - coralwood, coral-wood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavonina

Derived forms: red sandalwoods

Type of: tree, wood

Part of: Adenanthera, genus Adenanthera, genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus

Encyclopedia: Red sandalwood