dammar n 1: any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine [syn: {dammar}, {gum dammar}, {damar}, {dammar resin}]
Dammar \Dam"mar\, Dammara \Dam"ma*ra\, n. [Jav. & Malay. damar.] An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. {Shorea robusta} and the dammar pine. [1913 Webster] {Dammar pine}, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas ({Agathis orientalis} syn. {Dammara orientalis}), yielding dammar. [1913 Webster]