name
Meaning 1
A male given name.
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Standard Lemma guide
damar
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noun
Meaning 2
A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A clear to yellow resin, obtained in Malaya from trees of the genera Shorea (family Dipterocarpaceae) and Symplocos (family Symplocaceae), used in varnishes and inks
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of various hard resins, obtained especially from evergreen trees, notably of the genera Agathis (family Araucariaceae) and Hopea (family Dipterocarpaceae), native to southeast Asia, also used in varnishes and lacquers.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dammar, gum dammar, dammar resin
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Broader terms: natural resin
History
Etymology
From Malay damar. Compare Middle English dambre (“a kind of resin”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: agatis — any of various trees of the genus Agathis
- Polish: soplica — any of various trees of the genus Agathis
- Polish: damara — any of various trees of the genus Agathis
- Portuguese: dâmara — any of various trees of the genus Agathis
- Polish: damara — resin obtained from trees of the genera Shorea and Symplocos
- Portuguese: dâmar — resin obtained from trees of the genera Shorea and Symplocos