Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of large diœcious coniferous trees to which the earlier name Agathis has been restored.
- noun [lowercase] Same as
dammar-resin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A large tree of the order Coniferæ, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also
Agathis . There are several species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
tree of theorder Coniferae ,indigenous to the East Indies andAustralasia . - noun An
oleoresin obtained from this tree and used in makingvarnishes ;dammar .
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Examples
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A valuable resin, known as Manila copal, is collected from Agathis dammara trees.
Palawan rain forests 2008
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An example association includes Phyllocladus, Agathis dammara, and Eugenia dominated by Castanopsis.
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We were fortunate in finding in the naval yard, a spar of the New Zealand cowrie pine (dammara) large enough for our bowsprit.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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