damar

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A large tree of the order Coniferae, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia, now genus Agathis.
2. (countable, uncountable) A clear to yellow resin, obtained in Malaya from trees of the genera Shorea (family Dipterocarpaceae) and Symplocos (family Symplocaceae), used in varnishes and inks
3. (countable, uncountable) Any of various hard resins, obtained especially from evergreen trees, notably of the genera Agathis (family Araucariaceae) and Hopea (family Dipterocarpaceae), native to southeast Asia, also used in varnishes and lacquers.

Synonyms

dammar

dammar resin

gum dammar

Etymology

Cognate with Middle English: dambre

In summary

From Malay damar.
Compare Middle English dambre (“a kind of resin”).