gurjun

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gurjun (countable and uncountable, plural gurjuns)

A major commercial timber species in the genus Dipterocarpus.
A thin balsam or wood oil derived from this tree, used in medicine and as a substitute for linseed oil in paint.

any tree in the genus Dipterocarpus

a thin balsam or wood oil derived from the gurjun tree

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