English noun: sandarac |
1. | sandarac (plant) durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain) |
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| Synonyms | citronwood |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wood |
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| Substance meronym | Callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata |
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2. | sandarac (plant) a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes |
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| Synonyms | sandarach |
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| Broader (hypernym) | natural resin |
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| Substance meronym | Callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata |
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3. | sandarac (plant) 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 |
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| Synonyms | Callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cypress |
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| Substance holonym | citronwood, sandarac, sandarac, sandarach |
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