5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar. [,c]andal, 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 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sanders \San"ders\, n. [See {Sandal}.] An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under {Sandalwood}. [1913 Webster] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Sanders, KY (city, FIPS 68358) Location: 38.65465 N, 84.94676 W Population (1990): 231 (73 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41083 From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]: Sanders -- U.S. County in Montana Population (2000): 10227 Housing Units (2000): 5271 Land area (2000): 2762.172012 sq. miles (7153.992364 sq. km) Water area (2000): 27.858067 sq. miles (72.152060 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2790.030079 sq. miles (7226.144424 sq. km) Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30 Location: 47.633114 N, 115.084463 W Headwords: Sanders Sanders, MT Sanders County Sanders County, MT From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Sanders, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 246 Housing Units (2000): 90 Land area (2000): 0.311369 sq. miles (0.806441 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.311369 sq. miles (0.806441 sq. km) FIPS code: 68358 Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21 Location: 38.655329 N, 84.946506 W ZIP Codes (1990): 41083 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sanders, KY Sanders
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