red saunders
- noun
- Indian
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sándalo rojo
- Artisans often seek red saunders for its rich color and fragrance in fine furniture.
Examples
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Extracts from red saunders have been used as a natural dye for centuries.
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The rare red saunders is increasingly protected due to its valuable wood.
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The red saunders tree is known for its beautiful wood.
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Can you identify the red saunders among these trees?
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Artisans often seek red saunders for its rich color and fragrance in fine furniture.
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Extracts from red saunders have been used as a natural dye for centuries.
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The rare red saunders is increasingly protected due to its valuable wood.
Synonyms
A tree from India and Southeast Asia that has hard dark red wood used for furniture and dye
A tree from India with hard fragrant wood and dark red inner wood used for dye
A tree from India with hard, fragrant wood used for furniture and red dye
A tree from India and Southeast Asia that people grow for its hard red wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
red + saunders
The adjective 'red' transparently signals a color feature (which relates to the tree's red heartwood), but 'saunders' is a proper name/surname with no independent lexical meaning for learners. Because the specific referent (a particular tree species valued for its wood and dye) cannot be derived from the constituents alone, the expression is only partially predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Red saunders may come from its very deep red inner wood (the red) combined with a person's family name used by traders (the saunders). So the name points to a tree famous for dark red wood used in fine furniture and as a natural dye.
