(n)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, Syn.Tetraclinis articulata, sandarac tree, Callitris quadrivalvis
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{ } n. [ L. sandaraca, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot. Chem.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral. [ 1913 Webster ]