tree resin
31piney tree — noun or piney varnish tree Etymology: piney tree from piney (as in piney dammar) + tree; piney varnish tree from piney varnish + tree : an East Indian tree (Vateria indica) that has panicles of showy white flowers and yields timber, resin, and… …
32Botany Bay resin — Botany Bay Bot a*ny Bay A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770. [1913 Webster] Note: Hence, any place to which… …
33Animé (oleo-resin) — Animé or Zanzibar copal is an oleo resin (named after its insect infested natural state) which is discharged from the Jatobá tree ( Hymenaea courbaril ) and other species of Hymenaea growing in tropical South America. The resin is pale brown,… …
34Camphor tree — Camphor Cam phor (k[a^]m f[ e]r), n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. canfora, Sp. camfora, alcanfor, LL. canfora, camphora, NGr. kafoyra ), fr. Ar. k[=a]f[=u]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[=u]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained… …
35Incense tree — Incense In cense, n. [OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of incendere to burn. See {Incense} to inflame.] [1913 Webster] 1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an …
36Wax tree — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; …
37incense tree — noun any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑elephant tree, ↑Bursera microphylla, ↑gumbo limbo, ↑Bursera simaruba, ↑Boswellia carteri …
38Varnish tree — Varnish Var nish, n. [OE. vernish, F. vernis, LL. vernicium; akin to F. vernir to varnish, fr. (assumed) LL. vitrinire to glaze, from LL. vitrinus glassy, fr. L. vitrum glass. See {Vitreous}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A viscid liquid, consisting of a… …
39gamboge tree — noun low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered • Syn: ↑Garcinia hanburyi, ↑Garcinia cambogia, ↑Garcinia gummi gutta • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree …
40locust tree — noun any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae • Syn: ↑locust • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑courbaril, ↑Hymenaea courbaril, ↑water locust, ↑ …
