Definition of Agathis dammara

1. Noun. Native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin.

Exact synonyms: Agathis Alba, Amboina Pine, Amboyna Pine
Generic synonyms: Dammar Pine, Kauri Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agathis Dammara

Agaricus arvensis
Agaricus campestris
Agartala
Agas
Agastache
Agastache foeniculum
Agastache mexicana
Agastache nepetoides
Agastya
Agatha
Agatha Christie
Agathis
Agathis alba
Agathis australis
Agathis dammara (current term)
Agathis lanceolata
Agathis robusta
Agavaceae
Agave americana
Agave atrovirens
Agave cantala
Agave sisalana
Agave tequilana
Agdestis
Agdistis
Age of Enlightenment
Age of Fishes
Age of Mammals
Age of Man

Literary usage of Agathis dammara

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"The genus Agathis (Dammara) is confined to tropical and subtropical regions of Indo-Malaysia and Australasia. The Philippine Islands mark the northern limit ..."

2. Handbook of Pharmacognosy by Otto Augustus Wall (1917)
"0. and H. A spontaneous concrete exudation from Agathis dammara, a tree of the East Indian islands, and Agathis australis, a tree of New Zealand; ..."

3. The Causes and Course of Organic Evolution: A Study of Bioenergics by John Muirhead MacFarlane (1918)
"Thus the leaves on vigorous shoots of A. imbricata recall greatly those on seedling shoots of Agathis (Dammara), while histologically they show not a few ..."

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