sandarac

Definition of Sandarac in English :

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Noun

1. citronwood, sandarac

durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)

citronwood

2. sandarac, sandarach

a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes

sandarach

3. callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac, 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sandarac

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noun

1. Also called: sandarac tree

either of two coniferous trees, Tetraclinis articulata of N Africa or Callistris endlicheri of Australia, having hard fragrant dark wood: family Cupressaceae

2.

a brittle pale yellow transparent resin obtained from the bark of this tree and used in making varnish and incense

3. Also called: citron wood

the wood of this tree, used in building

Sandarac

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noun

1.

a brittle, slightly aromatic, somewhat transparent, yellowish resin exuded from the bark of several African and Australian trees (genera Tetraclinus and Callitris) of the pine family, used esp. in varnishes and as incense

2.

a.

a N African tree (Tetraclinus articulata) yielding this resin and a mahogany-colored, durable wood used esp. in building

: also sandarac tree

b.

this wood

Sandarac

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n.

1. A coniferous evergreen tree (Tetraclinis articulata) of Spain and northern Africa, having scalelike leaves and bark that yields a hard brittle translucent resin used in varnishes.

2. The resin obtained from this tree.

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