A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/læk/
Etimologia (Anglès)
From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lacquer.