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SANDARAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sandarac mean?
• SANDARAC (noun)
The noun SANDARAC has 3 senses:
1. durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)
2. a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
3. 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
Familiarity information: SANDARAC used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
citronwood; sandarac
Hypernyms ("sandarac" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("sandarac" is a substance of...):
Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac; sandarac tree; Tetraclinis articulata (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
sandarac; sandarach
Hypernyms ("sandarac" is a kind of...):
natural resin (a plant exudate)
Holonyms ("sandarac" is a substance of...):
Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac; sandarac tree; Tetraclinis articulata (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)
Sense 3
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac; sandarac tree; Tetraclinis articulata
Hypernyms ("sandarac" is a kind of...):
cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)
Meronyms (substance of "sandarac"):
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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