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SANDARAC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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:

Nouns denoting plants

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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes

Synonyms:

sandarac; sandarach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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:

Durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)

Synonyms:

citronwood; sandarac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb sandarac

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