Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The coloring matter of red sandalwood, which may be obtained by evaporating the alcoholic infusion to dryness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Santalic acid. See
santalic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the red
dye otherwise known assantalic acid
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Examples
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From it is produced santalin, with which certain tinctures are made.
The South Sea Whaler William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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