Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Dipterocarpus alatus, a very large tree of the East Indies and Philippine islands, the wood of which is used for house-building and canoes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the
Diptcrocarpus lævis , an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A major
commercial timber species in thegenus Dipterocarpus. - noun A thin
balsam orwood oil derived from this tree, used inmedicine and as a substitute forlinseed oil inpaint .
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Examples
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-- This tree yields an oleo resin, used in medicine and known under the name of _bálsamo de gurjun_.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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The first to recommend the use of gurjun as a substitute for copaiba was Sir W. O'Shaughnessy in
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Chaulmoogra oil and gurjun oil internally and externally are in some instances of service.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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A large wooden box of presents from English friends, had been unshipped with the gurjun oil.
Heroes Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880
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_Dipterocarpus turbinatus, _ gurjun or wood-oil tree.p. 349
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