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lac

resinous secretion of lac insects
Class type of: resin Q15112450

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
resin[1]
Has use
shellac, lac dye, Indian lake[2][3][4]
Described by source
Conservation and Art Materials Encyclopedia Online, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[5][6][7]
Natural product of taxon
Kerria lacca[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en gum-lac en lac en gum lac de Gummilack de Lack es goma laca es laca es laca de laca fi kumilakka fr gomme laque fr laque it gommalacca it Lacca it lacca indiana nl lak sv Gummilacka th ครั่ง zh 虫胶 zh-hant 蟲膠
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300012946
CAMEO page ID
Lac
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/lac-resinous-secretion
Freebase ID
/m/0b2v7
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
lac
RKD thesaurus ID
63124
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1186624
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14725304-n

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Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Has use 1
shellac
Named after 1
lake pigment
Natural product of taxon 1
Kerria lacca
Subclass of 1
resin
← Made from material 1
shellac
← This taxon is source of 1
Kerria lacca
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Works and Contributions

Things named for lac include lake pigment[9].

Why It Matters

Entities named for lac include lake pigment[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Grove Art Online. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Grove Art Online. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Grove Art Online. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . cameo.mfa.org. Retrieved . cameo.mfa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Grove Art Online. wikidata.org.

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  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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