Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lac \Lac\, Lakh \Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[=a]kh, l[=a]ksh, Skr.
laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]
One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac
of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lac \Lac\, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[=a]ksh[=a]: cf. F.
lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. {Lake} a color, {Lacquer},
{Litmus}.]
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but
to some extent on other trees, by the {Coccus lacca}
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lac
n : resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in
e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
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