The aromatic wood of the tree Santalum album (family Santalaceae) (also "white sanders wood"); (in later use also) an essential oil extracted from this.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in MS Hunterian 95.
Definition of white sanders in US English:
white sanders
noun
rare
The aromatic wood of the tree Santalum album (family Santalaceae) (also "white sanders wood"); (in later use also) an essential oil extracted from this.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in MS Hunterian 95.