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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 San·da·rach, San·da·rac, n.
 1. Min. Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic. [Archaic]
 2. Bot. Chem. A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Thy·ine wood  Bot. The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Callitris quadrivalvis
      n : large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain
          having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a
          hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
          [syn: sandarac, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis
           articulata]