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sandarac

Noun

san=da=rac

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sandarac(n = noun.plant) citronwood - durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain); Array

is a kind of wood

sandarac(n = noun.plant) sandarach - a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes; Array

is a kind of natural resin

sandarac(n = noun.plant) callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac tree, tetraclinis articulata - large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes; Array

is a kind of cypress

sandarac, n. [L. sandaraca, Gr. .].

Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [1913 Webster]
A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral. [1913 Webster]

sandarac, n. (also sandarach)
1 the gummy resin of a N. African conifer, Tetraclinis articulata, used in making varnish.
2 = REALGAR.

Etymology

L sandaraca f. Gk sandarake, of Asiatic orig.

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