See Also: Spigelius(medicine)
Spigelius' line(medicine)
Spigelius' lobe(medicine)

sandalwood (iou) and Spigelius (medicine)


sandalwood (iou)



sandalwood noun. E16.
[from SANDAL noun2 + WOOD noun1.]
The scented wood of any of several trees of the genus Santalum (family Santalaceae); esp. (more fully white sandalwood) that of S. album, native to India. Also, a tree yielding this wood. E16.
Any of various trees of Other genera whose wood resembles sandalwood in scent or appearance; esp. (a) Austral. the budda, Eremophila mitchellii (family Myoparaceae); (b) W. Indies the torchwood, Amyris balsamifera, of the rue family; the wood of such a tree. Freq. with specifying word. E16.
bastard sandalwood, red sandalwood, etc.
A perfume derived from sandalwood oil. M19.
A light yellowish-brown colour. E20.
Comb.: Sandalwood English = BISLAMA; sandalwood oil a yellowish aromatic oil distilled from sandalwood (sense 1), used in perfumes and cosmetics and formerly as an antiseptic.

Spigelius (medicine)


Spigelius


Adrian (van der Spieghel), Flemish anatomist in Padua, 1578-1625.

See: spigelian hernia, Spigelius' line, Spigelius' lobe.