Etymology

damar

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Today it means: A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis. Full definition →

Malay damar
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  1. Malay · derived fromdamar
  2. English todaydamar

From Malay damar. Compare Middle English dambre (“a kind of resin”).

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