Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of one or more trees of the genus Sandoricum.
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Examples
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I am torn from my father's breast like a vine stripped from a sandal-tree on the
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Only one small branch now produces foliage on the last sandal-tree.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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Eversofar was camped beneath a sandal-tree teaching a cockatoo, also hot and panting, but laughing low through his white beard; and Bingong, black, hatless -- less everything but a pair of trousers which only reached to his knees -- was dividing his time between the cockatoo and my wife.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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We buried him beneath a rustling sandal-tree, and on its bark carved the words:
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 02 Gilbert Parker 1897
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We buried him beneath a rustling sandal-tree, and on its bark carved the words:
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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We buried him beneath a rustling sandal-tree, and on its bark carved the words:
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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The next morning, at breakfast-time, a rouseabout brought us a piece of paper which had been nailed to the sandal-tree.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 02 Gilbert Parker 1897
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The next morning, at breakfast-time, a rouseabout brought us a piece of paper which had been nailed to the sandal-tree.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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The next morning, at breakfast-time, a rouseabout brought us a piece of paper which had been nailed to the sandal-tree.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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In the sandal-tree are serpents, in the water lotus flowers, but crocodiles also; even virtues are marred by the vicious — in all enjoyments there is something which impairs our happiness.
Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources William Alexander Clouston 1869
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