acaroidresin

ac·a·roid resin (ăkʹə-roid') n.

A yellow or reddish resin obtained from various Australian grass trees and used in varnishes, lacquers, and paper manufacture. Also called accroides gum, gum accroides.

  [From New Latin acaroīdēs: Greek akari, a kind of mite + Greek -oeidēs, -oid.]

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