Resin used in making varnish

• 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
• Used in building (as in the roof of Cordova Cathedral)
• Durable fragrant wood
• A brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
• Resin-yielding tree

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain) [syn: citronwood ] a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes [syn: sandarach ] large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
citronwood \citronwood\ n. wood of a citron tree. a durable fragrant wood used in building (as in the roof of Cordova Cathedral); -- called also sandarac . Syn: sandarac.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context mineralogy archaic English) realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. 2 (context botany chemistry English) A white or yellow resin obtained from a north African tree ''Tetraclinis articulata''), and pulverized for pounce; probably so called from a ...