(n)any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine, Syn.damar, gum dammar, dammar resin
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n. [ The name is supposed to be from Hottentot dama vanquished. ] A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]