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 trunk exudes a gum resin in masses varying in color from red to yellow.

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

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

Botanical Description.—A plant with stem drooping, square, grooved, covered with drops of gum resin.

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

They contain a volatile oil which, like that of Chamomile, although cordial, lowers nervous sensibility, or irritability: also tannin, a gum resin, and woody fibre.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas