noun.
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Laccifer lacca (formerly Coccus lacca), a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.
noun.
a resinous exudation of the tree Croton lacciferum, resembling lac.
noun.
a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
noun.
the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum.
noun.
an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.
noun.
One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number.