pontianac

== English == === 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. === Noun === pontianac (countable and uncountable, plural pontianacs) A fossil resin historically used in the production of some rubber, produced from the latex of Dyera costulata. ==== Alternative forms ==== pontianak ==== Synonyms ==== dead Borneo, gutta jelutong, gambria, jelutong, bresk, fluvia ==== Derived terms ==== pontianac copal pontianac gum pontianac jelutong pontianac resin pontianac rubber === References === “pontianac”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.