Lac (resin)
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Descripción
A resinous substance excreted by the female of the tiny Asian scale insect, the lac insect, on the twigs and soft new branches of several varieties of soapberry and acacia trees. Lac is used in the manufacture of varnishes (shellac), sealing wax (lac wax), and red colorants (lac dye) as early as ca. 1200 BCE in India. The word "lac" is the English version of Persian and Hindi words meaning "hundred thousand," indicating the large number of the minute insects required to produce lac.
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Otros términos
- lak (hars) [nl]
- gomme laque (resin) [fr]
- Gummilack [de]
- gommalacca [it]
- goma laca [es]
- lack (resin) [en]
- gum lac [en]
- gum-lac [en]
- laque de laque [fr]
- gomme-laque (resin) [fr]
- gomme lacque [fr]
- Lackharz [de]
- Lack-lack [de]
- lacca indiana [it]
- laca (resina) [es]
- laca de laca [es]