Noun

• 1. durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)

• 2. a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes

• 3. large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes