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Vateria Indica
(gcide) | Piney \Pin"ey\, a. [Of East Indian origin.]
A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the {Vateria
Indica} or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpe[ae], which
grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.
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Piney dammar, Piney resin, Piney varnish, a pellucid,
fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney
tree (Vateria Indica) when wounded. It is used as a
varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for
incense and for amber. Called also liquid copal, and
white dammar.
Piney tallow, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow,
obtained from the roasted seeds of the Vateria Indica;
called also dupada oil.
Piney thistle (Bot.), a plant (Atractylis gummifera),
from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance
exudes.
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