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resinous

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Adjective

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res=in=ous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective resinous has 1 sense

resinous(s = adj.all) pitchy, resiny, tarry - having the characteristics of pitch or tar; Array

Derived form noun resin₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

resinous, a. [L. resinous: cf. F. résineux. See Resin.].

Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin. [1913 Webster]

Resinous electricity (Elec.), electricity which is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. See Negative electricity, under Negative.

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ROGET THESAURUS

resinous

Resin

N resin, rosin, gum, lac, sealing wax, amber, ambergris, bitumen, pitch, tar, asphalt, asphaltum, camphor, varnish, copal, mastic, magilp, lacquer, japan, artificial resin, polymer, ion-exchange resin, cation-exchange resin, anion exchange resin, water softener, Amberlite, Dowex, Diaion, resiny, resinous, bituminous, pitchy, tarry, asphaltic, asphaltite.

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