• sandal-wood

Fromsandal +‎wood, the first component being fromMiddle Englishsandal(“sandalwood”), fromMedieval Latinsandalum, fromByzantine Greekσάνδανον(sándanon),σάνταλον(sántalon), fromArabicصَنْدَل(ṣandal), fromMiddle Persian[script needed](cndl/⁠čandal⁠/,“sandalwood”), fromSanskritचन्दन(candana,“sandalwood”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈsandəlwʊd/

sandalwood (countable anduncountable,pluralsandalwoods)

1. Any of varioustropicaltrees of the genusSantalum, native or long naturalized inIndia,Australia,Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
2. Thearomaticheartwood of these trees used inornamentalcarving, in the construction ofinsect-repellentboxes andchests, and as a source of certainperfumes.
   • 1680,T. K.,The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health.[…]‎^[1], To cure the Palpitation of the Heart,page70:

     You ſhall put in a little bag the Powder ofSandalwood with the aforeſaid well-ſcenting Spices, and heart-ſtrengthening Powders, and lay it warm upon the left breaſt.

   • 1847,R. G. A. Levinge,Echoes from the Backwoods; Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life‎^[2], second edition, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, Appendix § Notes on the Trees of New Brunswick,page288:

     The branches of the white cedar will keep off moths when placed amongst clothes or furs. Boxes of red cedar (cedar of Lebanon) will do the same, as alsosandalwood.

   • 1873,Edward Balfour, editor,Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures‎^[3], volume 5,page133:

     Sandalwood is a favorite cosmetic with Burmese ladies.