agarwood
agarwood noun: 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.
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:
- agalloch, agallochum, agalwood, agilawood, aloewood, aloeswood, aloes, aguila wood, aquilawood, eaglewood
agarwood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
agarwood in Hindi
- soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- अगर agar, कालागरू kālāgrū
agarwood in Tamil
- soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- அகில் akil
agarwood in Urdu
- agarwood
- اگر agar
agarwood in Bengali
- soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- অগুরু oguru, আগর agor
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- agarwood in Telugu
- అగరుగంధపు agarugandhapu
- agarwood in Malayalam
- അകിൽ akil
- agarwood in Punjabi
- ਅਗਰ agar
- agarwood in Gujarati
- અગર agar
- agarwood in Sanskrit
- अगरु agaru, कालागुरु kālāguru, काल kāla
- agarwood in Tagalog
- kalamba
- agarwood in Arabic
- عُود ʕūd, رَنْد rand, قُطُر quṭur
- agarwood in Indonesian
- alwah, gaharu, kelembak, tengkaras
- agarwood in Thai
- กฤษณา grìt-sà-nǎa
- agarwood in Vietnamese
- trầm hương
Synonyms of agarwood
Forms of agarwood
| plural | agarwoods |
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Origin of agarwood
From agar + wood (agar ultimately from Dravidian, probably Tamil அகில் (akil)).
Questions about agarwood
- What does agarwood mean?
- Agarwood means 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.
- What is agarwood in Hindi?
- Agarwood in Hindi is अगर (agar), कालागरू (kālāgrū). See Agarwood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is agarwood?
- Agarwood is a noun.
- What is the plural of agarwood?
- The plural of agarwood is agarwoods.
Words near agarwood in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: agarwood (page history and authors); اگر (Urdu) (page history and authors); അകിൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਅਗਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અગર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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