Alerce
the wood of the sandarac tree.
a chilean evergreen tree, fitzroya cupressoides, having furrowed, reddish bark and overlapping leaves.
an incense cedar, austrocedrus chilensis, of chile.
historical examples
alerce, a-lers′, n. the wood of the sandarac-tree: the chilian arbor vit—both of the pine family.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
on the higher parts, brushwood takes the place of larger trees, with here and there a red cedar or an alerce pine.
a naturalist’s voyage round the world charles darwin
noun
the wood of the sandarac tree
a cupressus-like chilean pine, fitzroya cupressoides, cut for timber
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