pontianac.
A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata.
Meaning & usage
A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata.
Where this word comes from
From Pontianac, an older spelling of Pontianak, a port city in West Kalimantan, from which the resin was shipped, named for the ghostly pontianaks which supposedly once inhabited the site.
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