agarwood

== English == === Etymology === From agar +‎ wood (agar ultimately from Dravidian, probably Tamil அகில் (akil)). === 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 an aromatic resin in response to this infestation. ==== 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. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “agarwood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.