Definition of Sandarach

San´da`rach
n.1.(Min.) Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
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.


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Callitris quadrivalvis, natural resin, sandarac, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata


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