Lac vs. Sac — What's the Difference?

Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is Kerria lacca. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infested.

A pouch or pouchlike structure in an organism, sometimes filled with fluid.

A resinous secretion of lac insects, used in making shellac.

A sacrifice fly. Also called sac fly.

Variant of lakh.

A sacrifice bunt. Also called sac bunt.

A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

Variant of Sauk.

(slang) Cadillac

A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

Laceration.

A sacrifice.

One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees.

The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines; now used only in the phrase sac and soc or soc and sac.

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.

To sacrifice.

Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

See Sacs.

The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.

See 2d Sack.

A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.

An enclosed space;

A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule

A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay

A structure resembling a bag in an animal