ruby wood

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   hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork

   Synonymsred sandalwood

   Broaderwood

Questions about ruby wood

What does ruby wood mean?

ruby wood means "hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork".

What is another word for ruby wood?

Close synonyms include red sandalwood. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ruby wood a common word?

ruby wood is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.