RESINOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resinous mean? 

• RESINOUS (adjective)
  The adjective RESINOUS has 1 sense:

1. having the characteristics of pitch or tar

  Familiarity information: RESINOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESINOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the characteristics of pitch or tar

Synonyms:

pitchy; resinous; resiny; tarry

Similar:

adhesive (tending to adhere)

Derivation:

resin (any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules)

 Context examples 

The resinous oil tapped from the trunks of Copaifera reticulata.

(Copaiba Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The still summer air was heavy with the resinous smell of the great forest.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A resinous film-forming agent dissolved in a solvent or a calcium hydroxide suspension within a synthetic resin solution, which rapidly hardens into a firm mass upon administration.

(Dental Liner Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

As they developed, U. mongoliensis seeds were protected inside a tough, resinous, umbrella-like outer covering, which stayed almost completely closed, opening only to release the seeds.

(Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba, NSF)

There was no furniture, save a single long dresser covered with coarse crockery, and a number of wooden benches and trestles, the legs of which sank deeply into the soft clay floor, while the only light, save that of the fire, was furnished by three torches stuck in sockets on the wall, which flickered and crackled, giving forth a strong resinous odor.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)