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COLOPHONY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
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Hypernyms ("colophony" is a kind of...):
natural resin (a plant exudate)