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DAMAR [2 records]

Record 1 2000-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

From the kauri tree (Agathis australis).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
OBS

Du pin de kauri (Agathis australis)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
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Record 2 1998-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A group of natural resins, less "hard" than copal but harder than oleoresin, obtained as exudations from trees, strictly of the Dipteroscarpaceae only, in S.E. Asia - particularly Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

CONT

Dammar [is] used largely in varnishes and printing inks.

Key term(s)
  • damar resin
  • dammer resin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Chimie
DEF

Nom commun à diverses oléorésines, extractives ou le plus souvent fossiles, fournies par des conifères et des diptérocarpacées d'Indonésie, Inde, Asie du Sud-Est, Nouvelle-Zélande et Australie.

CONT

La résine de dammar [...] sert de matière première dans la fabrication des vernis, peintures, linoléums [...]

Spanish

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