Meanings
nounagarwood (countable and uncountable, plural agarwoods)
plural agarwoods
- countableuncountableHeartwood 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounHeartwood 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.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον, ξυλαλόη
- ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- ξυλαλόη (xulalóē)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Arabic عُود, رَنْد
- عُود (ʕūd)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- رَنْد (rand)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- قُطُر (quṭur)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Bengali অগুরু, আগর
- অগুরু (oguru)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- আগর (agor)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Catalan agàl·loc
- agàl·locsoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Chinese Cantonese 沉香
- 沉香 (cam⁴ hoeng¹)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Chinese Mandarin 沉香
- 沉香 (chénxiāng)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Czech agarové dřevo
- agarové dřevosoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Finnish agarpuu
- agarpuusoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
French calamba, gaharu
- calambasoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- gaharusoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- bois d'aiglesoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- agallochesoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
German Adlerholz
- Adlerholzsoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Hindi अगर, कालागरू
- अगर (agar)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- कालागरू (kālāgrū)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Indonesian alwah, gaharu
- alwahsoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- gaharusoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- kelembaksoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- tengkarassoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Japanese 沈香
- 沈香 (jinkō)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Korean 침향
- 침향 (chimhyang)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Polish agar
- agarsoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Portuguese calambac, madeira de aloes
- calambacsoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- madeira de aloessoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- calambucosoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- pau-de-águilasoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- águilasoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Russian каламба́к, ало́йное де́рево
- каламба́к (kalambák)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- ало́йное де́рево (alójnoje dérevo)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- орли́ное де́рево (orlínoje dérevo)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Spanish agáloco, áloe
- agálocosoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
- áloesoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Swedish örnträ
- örnträsoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Tagalog kalamba
- kalambasoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Tamil அகில்
- அகில் (akil)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Thai กฤษณา
- กฤษณา (grìt-sà-nǎa)soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Turkish öd ağacı
- öd ağacısoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Vietnamese trầm hương
- trầm hươngsoft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis
Cite this entry
APA
agarwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agarwood
MLA
“agarwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agarwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agarwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agarwood.
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