SANDARAC TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sandarac tree mean? 

• SANDARAC TREE (noun)
  The noun SANDARAC TREE has 1 sense:

1. 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 TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANDARAC TREE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac; sandarac tree; Tetraclinis articulata

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))