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Definition of Amboyna pine
1. Noun. Native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin.
Generic synonyms: Dammar Pine, Kauri Pine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amboyna Pine
Literary usage of Amboyna pine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"(A. Dammara Rich., Dammara alba Rumph.,D. orientalis Lamb.). East Indies.
amboyna pine, Dammar tree, Agath Dammar. ..."
2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1889)
"When submitted to dry distillation it yields about 82 per cent. of liquid and
gaseous hydrocarbons.4 Dammar Resin is derived from the amboyna pine, ..."
3. Hedges and Evergreens: A Complete Manual for the Cultivation, Pruning, and by John Aston Warder (1859)
"Dammara orientalis, the Dammar or amboyna pine, furnishes the Dammar pitch.
It has still less the appearance of a pine than the Araucarias. ..."
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