One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees.
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Laccifer lacca (formerly Coccus lacca), a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.
a resinous deposit of an insect that lives on creosote bushes.
Meaning literally ‘hundreds of thousands'. Name given to brilliant deep purple-red obtained from melting and straining the resinous excretions of the Tachardia lacca, a scale insect native to India which covers the twigs of certain trees in the resinous substance for the purpose of immuring the female of the species. The red dye, like that of cochineal and kermes, id the extract of the female bodies of the insect, which in this case are gathered with the resin.
resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
an extract from the Coccus Lacca insect. This dye yields burgundy reds to deep purple. 4% dye to wof is all that is needed for a medium depth of shade.
a resinous secretion of the lac insect (found in southern Asia); used in making shellac.
A natural resin secreted from an insect (Tachardia lacca)
A natural resin exuded by insects, which eat the sap of trees in India. When melted and strained, lac forms shellac.
A natural resin secreted by certain insects which live on the sap of trees in India and other Oriental countries; marketed in various forms, such as seed lac, button lac, and shellac.
a red dye made from a scale insect, Coccus laccae.
Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion of the insect Laccifer lacca. Laccifer lacca belongs to the family of scale insects and mealy bugs Coccoidea a large family of plant sucking insects. Thousands of these tiny insects colonize branches of suitable host trees and secrete the resinous pigment.