STICK LAC

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Lac in its natural state as scraped off twigs and dried

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("stick lac" is a kind of...):

lac (resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax)

Holonyms ("stick lac" is a substance of...):

shellac (lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white)

seed lac (granular material obtained from stick lac by crushing and washing)

lac dye (scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac)

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