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▪ I. piney, pinnay|ˈpaɪnɪ, ˈpɪneɪ|
Also piny.
[ad. Tamil pinnai or punnai, in Skr. punnāga.]
The name of two East Indian resinous trees, Calophyllum inophyllum (family Clusiaceæ), called also piney-tree, and Vateria indica (family Dipteraceæ); used attrib., as in piney dammar, resin, varnish, the resin obtained from Vateria indica, also called white dammar, Indian or Malabar copal, or gum animé; piney oil, piney tallow (Tamil punnaitailam), a fatty or waxy substance from the fruit of the same tree, used for making candles.
1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. §424 Vateria indica affords the Piney resin or Piney Dammar of India, sometimes called Indian Copal or gum Animi. c1865Letheby in Circ. Sc. I. 95/1 An oil named Piney tallow is expressed from the fruit of the panoe tree. 1866Treas. Bot. 891 Piney-varnish, the resin or dammar obtained from Vateria indica. Piney-tree, Calophyllum angustifolium.
▪ II. piney
erron. form of piny a. |