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CALLITRIS QUADRIVALVIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Callitris quadrivalvis mean? 

CALLITRIS QUADRIVALVIS (noun)
  The noun CALLITRIS QUADRIVALVIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CALLITRIS QUADRIVALVIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALLITRIS QUADRIVALVIS (noun)


Sense 1

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 varnishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Callitris quadrivalvis; sandarac; sandarac tree; Tetraclinis articulata

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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