Vocabulary : Santalic to Santoninate

Santalic : Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood (Santalum); -- used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin.
Santalin : Santalic acid. See Santalic.
Santalum : A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood.
Santees : One of the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging to the Sioux, or Dakotas.
Santer : See Saunter.

Santon : A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.
Santonate : A salt of santonic acid.
Santonic : Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.
Santonin : A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.
Santoninate : A salt of santoninic acid.

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