gum resin

American  

noun

1. a plant exudation consisting of a mixture of gum and resin.

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gum resin British  

noun

1. a mixture of resin and gum obtained from various plants and trees See also bdellium gamboge

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• gum-resinous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of gum resin

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

Stradivari used a tacky concoction provided by a local apothecary, the known ingredients of which were oil, gum resin and vegetable coloring.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gum resin of the trunk contains 90% of anacardic acid and 10% cardol.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Olibanum is a gum resin, used to a limited extent in this country, in the manufacture of incense and pastilles.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

It also furnishes a gum resin analogous to Elemi, and supposed to yield Indian Bdellium.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Balsamodendron myrrha.—A native of Arabia Felix, producing a gum resin, sometimes called Opobalsamum, which was considered by the ancients as a panacea for almost all the ills that flesh is heir to.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William