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View synonyms for resinous

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.


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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of resinous1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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