What does "pontianac" mean?

A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata.

What is a synonym for "pontianac"?

Common synonyms include: bresk, dead borneo, fluvia, gambria, gutta jelutong, jelutong.

Pontianac

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Definitions

Noun

1
A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata. countable, uncountable
"A firm of manufacturers to whom a sample of the Galactodendron latex was submitted considered that the material could be used in the rubber industry as a substitute for pontianac."

Proper Noun

1
An older spelling of Pontianak city in West Kalimantan (Indonesia). obsolete

Synonyms

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bresk dead borneo fluvia gambria gutta jelutong jelutong

Example

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"A firm of manufacturers to whom a sample of the Galactodendron latex was submitted considered that the material could be used in the rubber industry as a substitute for pontianac."

Etymology

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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