| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper |
acaroid resin
,
accaroid resin
,
accroides
,
accroides gum
,
accroides resin
,
gum accroides
|
| large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles |
Aleurites moluccana
,
candlenut
,
varnish tree
|
| oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments |
balsam capivi
,
copaiba
,
copaiba balsam
|
| tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes |
Bursera simaruba
,
gumbo-limbo
|
| large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes |
Callitris quadrivalvis
,
sandarac
,
sandarac tree
,
Tetraclinis articulata
|
| seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes |
candlenut
|
| ester of acetic acid; used in fibers and fabrics; photographic films and varnishes |
cellulose acetate
|
| translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments |
colophony
|
| brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes |
copal
|
| resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum |
kauri
,
kauri copal
,
kauri gum
,
kauri resin
|
| resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax |
lac
|
| poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes |
lead acetate
,
sugar of lead
|
| aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes |
mastic
|
| brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes |
sandarac
,
sandarach
|
