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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DAMMAR; DAMMARA

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

 

Defn: 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.

 

DAMMARA

DAMMARA Dam "ma *ra, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A large tree of the order Coniferæ, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dammar

dam mar |ˈdamər ˈdæmər |(also damar ) noun resin obtained from any of a number of tropical and mainly Indo-Malaysian trees, used to make varnish. [The resin is obtained from trees in the families Araucariaceae (genus Agathis ), Dipterocarpaceae (genera Hopea, Shorea, and Vatica ), and Burseraceae (genus Canarium ).] ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Malay damar resin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dammar

dammar |ˈdamə |(also damar ) noun [ mass noun ] resin obtained from any of a number of tropical, chiefly Indo-Malaysian trees, used to make varnish. The resin is obtained from trees in the families Araucariaceae (genus Agathis ), Dipterocarpaceae (genera Hopea, Shorea, and Vatica ), and Burseraceae (genus Canarium ). ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Malay damar resin .

 

Duden Dictionary

Dammar

Dam mar Substantiv, Neutrum , das |D a mmar |malaiisch Dammarharz

 

Dammarafichte

Dam ma ra fich te Substantiv, feminin , die |Damm a rafichte |harzreiche Araukarie der malaiischen Inseln und Australiens

 

Dammaralack

Dam ma ra lack Substantiv, maskulin , der |Damm a ralack |unter Verwendung von Dammar hergestellter Lack

 

Dammarharz

Dam mar harz Substantiv, Neutrum , das |D a mmarharz |hellgelbes, durchsichtiges Harz südostasiatischer Bäume, das technisch vielfach verwendet wird