agarwood

== English == === Etymology === From agar +‎ wood (agar ultimately from Dravidian, probably Tamil அகில் (akil)). === Pronunciation === === Noun === agarwood (countable and uncountable, plural agarwoods) Heartwood from trees of genus Aquilaria, especially Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. A. agallocha), infected with mold (Phialophora parasitica), which produce a protective aromatic resin in response to this infection. ==== Synonyms ==== (Aquilaria heartwood): agalloch, agallochum, agalwood, agilawood, aloewood, aloeswood, aloes, aguila wood, aquilawood, eaglewood, jinko, lignaloe, oud, gaharu, xylaloe ==== Translations ==== === References === agarwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “agarwood”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Category:agarwood on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “agarwood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.