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resinaceous

resinaceous adjective: having the quality of resin; yielding resin.

Adjective

resinaceous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having the quality of resin; yielding resin.
    • Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous [translating résineux] rock-roses, juniper, ilex, yellow and white asphodel.1962, Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Peter Green, The Prime of Life, Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, translation of La Force de l'âge, →OCLC, page 77

Synonyms of resinaceous

Origin of resinaceous

Borrowed from Latin rēsīnāceus; equivalent to resin + -aceous.

Questions about resinaceous

What does resinaceous mean?
Resinaceous means having the quality of resin; yielding resin.
What part of speech is resinaceous?
Resinaceous is an adjective.

Words near resinaceous in the dictionary

  1. resin acid
  2. resin acids
  3. resin bee
  4. resin bees
  5. resin of copper
  6. resinaceous
  7. resinata
  8. resinate
  9. resinated
  10. resinates
  11. resinating

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