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SANDARAC TREE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac; sandarac tree; Tetraclinis articulata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sandarac tree" is a kind of...):
cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)
Meronyms (substance of "sandarac tree"):
sandarac; sandarach (a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes)
citronwood; sandarac (durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain))
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