sandarac tree

Noun
  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 (synset 111663473)
    is a type of: cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
    substance holonym:
    • 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)
    same as: callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac, tetraclinis articulata

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