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Definition of Dammara

Dammara
Dammara Dam"ma*ra, n. (Bot.) A large tree of the order Conifer[ae], indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species.
Dammara
Dammar Dam"mar, Dammara Dam"ma*ra, n. [Jav. & Malay. damar.] An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis, or Dammara, orientalis), yielding dammar.

Meaning of Dammara from wikipedia

- Agathis dammara, commonly known as the Amboina pine or dammar pine, is a coniferous timber tree native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands and the Philippines...
- Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is one of three extant...
- plant communities. Scottish botanist David Don described the species as Dammara australis. Agathis is derived from Gr**** and means 'ball of twine', a reference...
- moorei (Lindl.) Mast. Synonyms Agathis corb****onii de Laub. Dammara lanceolata Vieill. Dammara moorei Lindl. Salisburyodendron corb****onii (de Laub.) A.V...
- and 9 mm (0.35 in) diameter. The Queensland kauri was first described as Dammara robusta in 1859 by the German-born Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller...
- (cyclizing, dammara-20,24-diene-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction: squalene ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } dammara-20,24-diene...
- trade were varied and fascinating, including: "...resins (damar, Agathis dammara; jelutong bukit, Dyera costulata, gutta-percha, Palaquium spp.); wild honey...
- beeswax, resin from the tree Damara orientalis (more properly Agathis dammara), and nut oil. The wax is then shaped and carved in all its finer details...
- 2-Cycas revoluta 3-Taxus baccata 4-Ginkgo biloba RIGHT 1-Cupressus sempervirens 2-Sequoiadendron giganteum 3-Agathis dammara 4-Araucaria heterophylla...
- inhalation of dust may cause allergies. Agathis (Araucariaceae), synonym Dammara Canarium strictum (Burseraceae), source of black dammar in South Asia Kauri...