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Resin for varnishes
Answer for the clue "Resin for varnishes ", 5 letters:
elemi
Alternative clues for the word elemi
- A resin
- Perfume base, perhaps
- Source of incense
- Resin used in varnish
- Resin from tree around eastern island
- Chief among extracts within tree, source of inks
- Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense
- Rising quantity of timeless source of fragrance
- Incense ingredient
Word definitions for elemi in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elemi \El"e*mi\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lemi, It. elemi, Sp. elemi; of American or Oriental. origin.] A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly from tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium . Amyris elemifera yields Mexican elemi; Canarium commune , the ...