gum resin
- noun
- Specialized
:
resina de goma
- Some artists use gum resin as a natural ingredient in creating varnishes for their paintings.
Examples
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Frankincense is a well-known gum resin used in perfumes and incense.
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The healer collected gum resin from the wounded tree for medicinal purposes.
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The gum resin is used in traditional medicine.
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Many gum resins have therapeutic properties.
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Myrrh is a well-known gum resin used in traditional medicine and as incense.
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The gum resin extracted from the frankincense tree is valued for its aromatic qualities.
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Many ancient cultures utilized gum resin for its healing properties and as a fragrant addition to rituals.
Synonyms
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4.4
A thick sticky substance from plants or made by people for glue and plastic
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7.8
A sticky substance from the cannabis plant used to make hashish that contains chemicals that make you feel high
A sticky substance from trees with a sweet scent used to protect skin and scent perfumes and incense
A thick sticky substance from some trees that people burn to make a pleasant smell and use in perfume
A fragrant resin from trees burned as incense in religious ceremonies
A fragrant resin from trees used in incense, varnish, and perfume
A hard pale material from certain trees used in varnish, incense, and to make paint shiny
A fragrant resin from trees used in perfumes and to soothe irritated skin
A bitter, strong-smelling gum that people use in traditional medicine and as a spice
A sticky, fragrant substance from a plant used in medicine and to make varnish
A sticky substance from some tropical trees that people use to make varnish and incense
A sticky fragrant substance from a tree used in medicine and perfume
A sticky natural substance from some Australian trees that makers use for varnish and paper
A dark aromatic gum from the tree used in medicine and to make varnish
A sticky plant substance from the dhak tree used to help heal small wounds
A reddish-brown sticky substance from eucalyptus bark used in medicine and food
A hard sticky substance from trees in Africa used to make varnish and glue
A natural substance with a pleasant smell that trees and plants make and people use in perfume, incense, and medicine
A sticky material some plants make, like amber, that people use in varnish and glue
A strong smelling gum from trees burned in religious ceremonies
How Resinous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is directly compositional: combining 'gum' and 'resin' denotes a substance made of both constituents, and both words refer to sticky plant-derived materials whose meanings overlap. This noun–noun compound follows common cross-linguistic composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Gum resin comes from the simple idea of tree sap: sticky gum plus harder resin that trees give off. People collected this hardened sap for 'medicines', 'varnishes', and 'incense', so today gum resin means a natural plant mix used for those things.