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seedlac

seedlac noun: the granular residuum of lac when it has been broken off the original twigs (i.e. the sticklac) and had the colouring matter partly removed, but before it is processed into shellac.

Noun

seedlac (uncountable)

  1. The granular residuum of lac when it has been broken off the original twigs (i.e. the sticklac) and had the colouring matter partly removed, but before it is processed into shellac.

Origin of seedlac

From seed + lac.

Questions about seedlac

What does seedlac mean?
Seedlac means the granular residuum of lac when it has been broken off the original twigs (i.e. the sticklac) and had the colouring matter partly removed, but before it is processed into shellac.
What part of speech is seedlac?
Seedlac is a noun.

Words near seedlac in the dictionary

  1. seeding down
  2. seeding plough
  3. seeding ploughs
  4. seedings
  5. Seediq
  6. seedlac
  7. seedlep
  8. seedleps
  9. seedless
  10. seedlessness
  11. seedlet

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