GUM RESIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gum resin mean? 

• GUM RESIN (noun)
  The noun GUM RESIN has 1 sense:

1. a mixture of resin and gum

  Familiarity information: GUM RESIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUM RESIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mixture of resin and gum

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("gum resin" is a kind of...):

natural resin (a plant exudate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum resin"):

elemi; gum elemi (fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense)

gum myrrh; myrrh; sweet cicely (aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume)

Sonora gum (acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush)

asa dulcis; benjamin; benzoin; gum benjamin; gum benzoin (gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation)

bdellium (aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh)

gamboge (a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative)