sandarac

Noun

• 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

• a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes

• durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sandarac tree , Tetraclinis articulata , Callitris quadrivalvis , sandarach , citronwood