Meaning of DAMMAR
| Pronunciation: | | 'damâr
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine |
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| | Synonyms: | | damar, dammar resin, gum dammar |
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| | See Also: | | natural resin | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dam"mar\, Dammara \Dam"ma*ra\, n. [Jav. & Malay. damar.]
An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara
resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to
the East Indies, esp. {Shorea robusta} and the dammar pine.
{Dammar pine}, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas ({Agathis, or
Dammara, orientalis}), yielding dammar.
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