resinous
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- adjective
- /ˈrɛzɪnəs/
:
resinoso
- I had such high hopes when I saw the notes: cinnamon, vanilla, honey, and delicious resinous opoponax.
- resinous scent
- resinous pine
- resinous wood
Examples
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He could taste the wine too, the bitterly resinous heaviness of retsina.
Fiction book (1994) -
He couldn't help but notice the resinous texture of the sap as it dripped from the tree.
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To think of it now, the resinous, saturated air must have been nearly suffocating.
Fiction book (2001) -
I could imagine its resinous warmth against my skin, the contrast with the tonic chill of its metal parts.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the hall, I lift the heavy lid of the cedar chest and breathe in the dark, resinous smell that is death to moths.
Academic text (1991) -
It was faint, but she was sure she could smell it, in spite of the sharp, resinous tang of the pine logs in the fire.
Fiction book (1991) -
Its foliage, when crushed, gave off a sharp, resinous odor, from which its common name, stinking cedar, was derived.
Academic text (1990) -
In fact, all the land windward of the fire was swept with a resinous scent carried on a haze of white ash, so that it seemed like Italy in the early fall, when farmers burn the stubble on their fields and sweet smoke is everywhere.
Fiction book (2001) -
Invasions from bacteria, fungus, or insects that prey upon most plants cannot penetrate and destroy this tree due to its dense, highly resinous wood, which also prevents rot.
Blog text (33) -
Farther from the road, creosote bush—the signature plant of both the low and high deserts in California—filled the air with its heady resinous scent.
Blog text (6)
Synonyms
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7.9
Covered with a thick, sticky black material used on roads
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Thick and sticky like glue or syrup
Smelling and feeling sticky like pine sap
Having a sticky, hard texture like tree sap
Thick and sticky like tar
Having a wet, glue like feel that makes things stay on it
Antonyms
How Resinous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resinous comes from resin, itself from Latin resina meaning 'gum' or 'sap'. So something resinous is like tree sap: sticky, thick, and often smelling of pine, which explains the word's modern meaning.