lac
Meaning
Noun
- A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca (species), a scale insect.
- Alternate spelling of lakh
- Short form of Cadillac
- Laceration.
Origin
- From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख/Urdu لاکھ or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लक्ष.
- From Cadillac.
- From laceration.
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