resinous

[ rez-uh-nuhs ]

adjective

1. full of or containing resin.
2. of the nature of or resembling resin.
3. pertaining to or characteristic of resin.

Other Words From

• resin·ous·ly adverb
• resin·ous·ness noun
• semi·resin·ous adjective
• semi·resin·y adjective
• un·resin·ous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of resinous¹

From the Latin word rēsīnōsus, dating back to 1640–50. See resin, -ous

Example Sentences

“Guayule” is a resinous rubber secured from a two-foot shrub that grows on the arid plains of Texas and Northern Mexico.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a smell of resinous wood-smoke in the air, but save for the distant sound of the river everything was very still.

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Upon it they wrote with pens made of split reeds and with a thick ink made of soot (lampblack) mixed with resinous gums.

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The ether left, on evaporation, a yellow resinous substance having a faint odor like garlic.

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The small, earth-floored room was dry and warm, and smelt pleasantly of resinous wood.

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