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The Clue
Trees with dark, fragrant wood (9 letter answer)
The Answer
SANDARACS
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Notes
The answer SANDARACS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
SANDARAC as a noun:
1. (sandarac, citronwood) = durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)
2. (sandarac, sandarach) = a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
3. (sandarac, sandarac tree, Tetraclinis articulata, Callitris quadrivalvis) = 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