Sandarac

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  citronwood \citronwood\ n.
     1. wood of a citron tree.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. a durable fragrant wood used in building (as in the roof
        of Cordova Cathedral); -- called also {sandarac}.
  
     Syn: sandarac.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sandarac
       n 1: durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of
            the cathedral at Cordova, Spain) [syn: {citronwood}]
       2: a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in
          varnishes [syn: {sandarach}]
       3: 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 tree}, {Tetraclinis articulata}, {Callitris
          quadrivalvis}]