Definition of agarwood
: the soft, dark heartwood that is produced by any of various southeast Asian evergreen trees (genus Aquilaria, especially A. malaccensis synonym A. agallocha) when they become infected with a fungus and that contains a fragrant resin used chiefly to produce incense, perfumes, and traditional medicines
- With prices for noncultivated agarwood rising to $10,000 a kilo, few local shopkeepers welcome mere browsers.
- —Jennifer Gampell
