sajn.
/sɑːdʒ/ The Indian laurel, Terminalia tomentosa, a tropical tree of the family Combretaceæ, native to India and Burma (Myanmar) and bearing terminal spikes of yellow flowers; also, the dark hardwood produced by this tree and others of the genus. Also attributive.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > common or cherry-laurel and allies
Daphnec1430
cherry-bay1633
cherry-laurel1664
laurel1664
bay-cherry1665
laurel-cherry1787
sea-laurel1816
saj1839
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other Asian woods
agalloch1543
amboyna wood1738
satinwood1773
sal1789
sissoo1810
bilian1812
haldu1836
kempas1839
saj1839
Trincomalee wood1842
rosetta wood1843
model-wood1857
keyaki1863
Macassar ebony1885
lauan1894
pyinkado1896
keruing1921
ramin1953
kapur1963
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [adjective]
laureate1483
Daphnean1606
laurelled1867
Terminalia1926
saj1952
1839 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights II. xiii. 384 Its door was of sáj, adorned with brilliant gold.
1931 J. W. Best Tiger Days xii. 173 Nobler trees take their place; the stately saj and the dark-limbed ebony.
1952 J. Masters Deceivers viii. 88 The man..started back..and began to run toward a thin line of saj trees bordering the road.
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