sandalwood \san"dalwood\, n. f. sandal, santal, fr. ar.
   ,candal, or gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. skr.
   candana. cf. sanders. bot.
   a 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 santalum pyrularium, the australian
       santalum latifolium, etc. the name is extended to
       several other kinds of fragrant wood.
   b any tree of the genus santalum, or a tree which yields
       sandalwood.
   c the red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in russia for
       dyeing leather rhamnus dahuricus.
       1913 webster

   false sandalwood, the fragrant wood of several trees not of
      the genus santalum, as ximenia americana, myoporum
      tenuifolium of tahiti.

   red sandalwood, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the
      heartwood of two leguminous trees of india pterocarpus
      santalinus, and adenanthera pavonina; -- called also
      red sanderswood, sanders or saunders, and
      rubywood.
      1913 webster sandarach
see also:
sanders santalum album santalum freycinetianum santalum pyrularium santalum latifolium santalum 
rhamnus dahuricus false sandalwood ximenia americana myoporum tenuifolium red sandalwood 
pterocarpus santalinus adenanthera pavonina red sanderswood sanders saunders 
rubywood 

coralwood \coralwood\ n.
   an east indian tree adenanthera pavonina with racemes of
   yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental.

   syn: red sandalwood, barbados pride, peacock flower fence,
        adenanthera pavonina.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
adenanthera pavonina 

adenanthera pavonina
     n : east indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers;
         cultivated as an ornamental syn: coralwood, coral-wood,
          red sandalwood, barbados pride, peacock flower
         fence
see also:
coralwood coral-wood red sandalwood barbados pride peacock flower fence