callitris quadrivalvis

3 definitions found

callitris quadrivalvis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sandarach \San"da*rach\, Sandarac \San"da*rac\,, 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]

  Thyine wood \Thy"ine wood`\ [Gr. ? ?, fr. ?, adj., pertaining to
     the tree ? or ?, an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.]
     (Bot.)
     The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree
     (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata
     . The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a
     balsamic resin called sandarach. --Rev. xviii. 12.
     [1913 Webster]

callitris quadrivalvis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Callitris quadrivalvis
      n 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
           [syn: sandarac, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata
           , Callitris quadrivalvis]