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Webster 1913 Edition


Dammara

{

Dam′mar

,

Dam′ma-ra

, }
Noun.
[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 orientalis
syn.
Dammara orientalis
), yielding dammar.

Dam′ma-ra

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A large tree of the order
Coniferæ
, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; – called also
Agathis
. There are several species.

Definition 2024


dammara

dammara

English

Noun

dammara (plural dammaras)

  1. A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia.
  2. An oleoresin obtained from this tree and used in making varnishes; dammar.

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