dammara

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dammara - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dammar \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.
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     Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis  orientalis
         syn. Dammara orientalis), yielding dammar.
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  Dammara \Dam"ma*ra\, n. (Bot.)
     A large tree of the order Conifer[ae], indigenous to the
     East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There
     are several species.
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