san|da|rac

san|da|rac
san|da|rac «SAN duh rak», noun.
1. a brittle, pale-yellow, translucent, slightly aromatic resin yielded by the bark of the sandarac tree, used as incense and in making varnish.
2. = sandarac tree. (Cf.sandarac tree)
3. red arsenic sulfide; realgar.
[< Latin sandaraca < Greek sandarákē]

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