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Piney varnish
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. 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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- to the Mediterranean basin Piney varnish tree, a species of tree endemic to the Western Ghats mountains in India Big Piney (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
- ସନ୍ଦରସ sandarasa Sanskrit: सर्जकः sarjakah English: Indian copal tree, Piney varnish tree, White dammar The species is endemic to the Western Ghats mountain...
- profile of young, green berries is dominated by pinene; as they mature this piney, resinous backdrop is joined by what Harold McGee describes as "green-fresh"...
- yield the remaining oil from the oil cake. Vateria indica oil is known as piney tallow or dhupa fat. Because Dhupa oil contains more than 55.0% saturated...