Definition of sandarac Sandarac
san•da•rac
We found 9 definitions of sandarac from 5 different sources.
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NounPlural: sandaracs |
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| sandarac - 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 | ||
| sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata, Callitris quadrivalvis | ||
| cypress any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones | ||
| sandarach, sandarac 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 | ||
| sandarac - a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes | ||
| sandarach | ||
| natural resin a plant exudate | ||
| sandarac - durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain) | ||
| citronwood | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sandarac (n.)
Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. - sandarac (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sandarac
san′da-rak, n. a friable, dry, almost transparent, tasteless, yellowish-white resin, imported from Mogador, Morocco: red sulphuret of arsenic—also San′darach.—n. San′darac-tree, a native of the mountains of Morocco. [Fr. sandaraque—L. sandaraca—Gr. sandarakē—Sans. sindūra, realgar.]
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🔤- sandarac, noun, singular of sandaracs.
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