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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The technical term applied to certain resins otherwise known as akaroid resin, Botany Bay resin, nut resin, or grass-tree gum.
  • noun A genus of liliaceous plants of the tribe Lomandreæ.
  • noun A red resin exudes from X.hastilis and other species, known as acaroid gum, or Botany bay resin. See acaroid gum (under acaroid), blackboy, and grass-tree.

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