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Found 3 hits - Term: sandarac, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sandarach \san"darach\, sandarac \san"darac\,, n. l.
   sandaraca, gr. ?.
   1. min. realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. archaic
      1913 webster

   2. bot. chem. a white or yellow resin obtained from a
      barbary tree callitris quadrivalvis or thuya
      articulata, and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so
      called from a resemblance to the mineral.
      1913 webster
see also:
callitris quadrivalvis thuya articulata 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
citronwood \citronwood\ n.
   1. wood of a citron tree.
      wordnet 1.5

   2. a durable fragrant wood used in building as in the roof
      of cordova cathedral; -- called also sandarac.

   syn: sandarac.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
sandarac 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sandarac
     n 1: durable fragrant wood; used in building as in the roof of
          the cathedral at cordova, spain syn: citronwood
     2: a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in
        varnishes syn: sandarach
     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
        syn: sandarac tree, tetraclinis articulata, callitris
        quadrivalvis
see also:
citronwood sandarach sandarac tree tetraclinis articulata callitris quadrivalvis 

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