sandarac

A coniferous evergreen tree (Tetraclinis articulata) of Spain and northern Africa, having scalelike leaves and bark that yields a hard brittle translucent resin used in varnishes.

The resin obtained from this tree.

In mineralogy, red sulphuret, or protosulphuret, of arsenic; realgar.

A resin in white tears, more transparent than those of mastic, which exudes from the bark of the sandarac-tree, Callitris quadrivalvis. (See sandarac-tree.)

realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.

A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.

Any tree from the genus Tetraclinis.

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)

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