资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sandarach \San"da*rach\, Sandarac \San"da*rac\,, n. [L.
sandaraca, Gr. ?.]
1. (Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic]
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.
Thyine wood \Thy"ine wood`\ [Gr. ? ?, fr. ?, adj., pertaining to
the tree ? or ?, an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.]
(Bot.)
The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree
({Callitris quadrivalvis}), formerly called {Thuja
articulata}. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a
balsamic resin called sandarach. --Rev. xviii. 12.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Callitris quadrivalvis
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: {sandarac}, {sandarac tree}, {Tetraclinis
articulata}]