| 1. | a deep-red, water-insoluble resin exuding from the fruit of a palm, Daemonorops draco, of the Malay Archipelago, used chiefly in the preparation of varnishes and in photoengraving for protecting certain areas of the metal plate from the acid. |
| 2. | any of various similar resins from other trees. |
| 3. | Pompeian red. |
| a dull, grayish red. |