English▸ noun [mass noun] resin obtained from any of a number of tropical, chiefly Indo-Malaysian trees, used to make varnish.
The resin is obtained from trees in the families Araucariaceae (genus Agathis), Dipterocarpaceae (genera Hopea, Shorea, and Vatica), and Burseraceae (genus Canarium).
– ORIGIN late 17th century: from Malay damar ‘resin’.