sintocn.
(See quot. 1842.) Also attributive.
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1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 45/2 Sintoc, or Sindoc, sometimes written Syndoc, is the bark of a species of Cinnamomum,..called C. Sintoc by Blume... It resembles the Calilawan bark, called clove-bark by some.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 630 Sintoc bark, which has analogous properties, is the produce of Cinnamomum sintoc.
1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic v. 278 In Penang a root called sintok is usually preferred to limes.
1972 A. Amin tr. Shahnon Ahmad No Harvest but Thorn iv. 32 The sintok-wood tajak-handle.
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