santal

¹ American

[san-tl] / ˈsæn tl /

noun

sandalwood.

Santal ² American

[suhn-tahl] / sʌnˈtɑl /

noun

a member of a tribal people who live mainly in the state of Bihar in northeastern India.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of santal

see origin at sandal ²

Example Sentences

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Some are fragrant oils, as, for example, clove, santal, and thyme; others are fragrant gums, such as gum bezoin and myrrh.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various

Otto of vitivert is procurable by distillation; a hundred-weight of vitivert yields about 14 oz. of otto, which in appearance very much resembles otto of santal.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

With a leaden sense of guilt, but in a fever of impatience, of haste, she stripped off the coarse hemp for her most elaborate satins, her santal and clover and carmine.

From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph

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