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. 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.

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