DAMMAR

dammar, gum dammar, damar, dammar resin

(noun) any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

dammar (countable and uncountable, plural dammars)

Alternative form of damar

Anagrams

• amdram

Source: Wiktionary


Dam"mar, Dam"ma*ra, n. Etym: [Jav. & Malay. damar.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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