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sandarac tree
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sandarac tree — noun 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 • Syn: ↑sandarac, ↑Tetraclinis articulata, ↑Callitris quadrivalvis… … Useful english dictionary
sandarac — [san′də rak΄] n. [L sandaraca < Gr sandarakē: prob. akin to Sans candra raga, having the glow of the moon: for IE base see SANDALWOOD] 1. a brittle, slightly aromatic, somewhat transparent, yellowish resin exuded from the bark of several… … English World dictionary
sandarac — /san deuh rak /, n. 1. a coniferous tree, Tetraclinis articulata (Callitrus quadrivalvis), native to northwestern Africa, yielding a resin and a fragrant, hard, dark colored wood much used in building. 2. the brittle, usually pale yellow, faintly … Universalium
sandarac — /ˈsændəræk/ (say sanduhrak) noun 1. a brittle, usually pale yellow, more or less transparent, faintly aromatic resin exuding from the bark of the sandarac tree and used chiefly as incense and in making varnish. 2. a tree, Tetraclinis articulata… …
Sandarac — In mineralogy, sandarac, or sandarach, may refer to realgar or native arsenic disulfide, but is generally (a use found in Dioscorides) a resin obtained from the small coniferous tree Tetraclinis articulata , native to the northwest of Africa, and … Wikipedia
sandarac — citronwood citronwood n. 1. wood of a citron tree. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a durable fragrant wood used in building (as in the roof of Cordova Cathedral); called also {sandarac}. Syn: sandarac. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sandarac — Sandarach San da*rach, Sandarac San da*rac,, n. [L. sandaraca, Gr. ?.] 1. (Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot. Chem.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree ({Callitris quadrivalvis} or {Thuya… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sandarac — san•da•rac [[t]ˈsæn dəˌræk[/t]] n. 1) pln a NW African tree, Callitris articulata, of the cypress family, yielding a resin used as a varnish and a hard, dark wood used in building 2) the brittle, faintly aromatic resin from the bark of this tree… … From formal English to slang
sandarac — noun Etymology: Latin sandaraca red coloring, from Greek sandarakē realgar, red pigment from realgar Date: 1543 a brittle faintly aromatic translucent resin obtained from a northern African tree (Tetraclinis articulata) of the cypress family and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sandarac — noun a) realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. b) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree ( or ), and pulverized for pounce; probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral … Wiktionary
sandarac — san·da·rac san də .rak n a brittle aromatic translucent resin obtained from a large northern African tree (Callitris articulata) of the cypress family (Cupressaceae) and used chiefly in making varnish and as incense also a similar resin obtained… … Medical dictionary
