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Sandarach

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San´da`rach
n.1.(Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
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.
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Noun1.sandarach - a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
sandarac
Callitris quadrivalvis, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata, sandarac - 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
natural resin - a plant exudate
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