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    CALLITRIS QUADRIVALVIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 varnishesplay

    Synonyms:

    Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac; sandarac tree; Tetraclinis articulata

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Callitris quadrivalvis" is a kind of...):

    cypress (wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus)

    Meronyms (substance of "Callitris quadrivalvis"):

    sandarac; sandarach (a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes)

    citronwood; sandarac (durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain))

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