dammar pine
- noun
- Australian
:
pino dammar
- The dammar pine is native to Southeast Asia and valued for its clear, hard resin.
Examples
-
The forest was dominated by tall dammar pines whose resin was collected for varnish.
-
Local industries rely on the resin extracted from dammar pine for making adhesives.
-
The dammar pine is known for its tall, straight trunk.
-
Many dammar pines grow in tropical rainforests.
-
Local industries rely on the resin extracted from dammar pine for making adhesives.
-
The dammar pine is native to Southeast Asia and valued for its clear, hard resin.
-
The forest was dominated by tall dammar pines whose resin was collected for varnish.
Synonyms
A large evergreen tree from the Moluccas and the Philippines that gives dammar resin
A large evergreen tree from the Philippines and nearby islands that produces dammar resin
A tropical tree from Indonesia and the Philippines that makes a resin used in furniture
A tropical tree from the Moluccas and the Philippines that gives dammar resin
A large evergreen tree from New Zealand and nearby regions valued for its strong wood and sticky resin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is transparently compositional: 'dammar' names a resin and 'pine' names a tree, so a learner who knows both can infer it denotes a pine/tree associated with or producing dammar resin. This follows normal noun+noun compounding patterns and is therefore readily understandable to B1 learners who know the constituent words.
Etymology
Dammar pine gets its name from the sticky resin dammar that people collect from the tree and the word pine for the tree. People would tap the bark to get the clear, hard resin used to make varnish and glue, so dammar pine means a tree that gives useful dammar resin.
