A tropical tree from India and Southeast Asia that produces a resinous substance used in traditional medicine and varnishes.
From Sanskrit or Dravidian language origins, possibly from Malayalam or Tamil roots referring to the tree or its resin, with the suffix '-ar' common in South Asian plant names.
This word shows how languages from the Indian subcontinent developed unique names for local plants that Europeans couldn't easily translate, so they just borrowed the original word—it's linguistic evidence of global trade routes.
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