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View definitions for resinous

resinous

adjective as in adhesive

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“Guayule” is a resinous rubber secured from a two-foot shrub that grows on the arid plains of Texas and Northern Mexico.

There was a smell of resinous wood-smoke in the air, but save for the distant sound of the river everything was very still.

Upon it they wrote with pens made of split reeds and with a thick ink made of soot (lampblack) mixed with resinous gums.

The ether left, on evaporation, a yellow resinous substance having a faint odor like garlic.

The small, earth-floored room was dry and warm, and smelt pleasantly of resinous wood.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to resinous, such as: gummy, sticky, adherent, holding, hugging, and pasty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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