resinous

Example Sentences

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Oregano, especially in its dried form — which sharpens and intensifies into something almost resinous, unlike its greener, more delicate fresh counterpart — has become the backbone of my pantry cooking.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

The smell of traditional resinous copal incense hung heavy over the parade.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Bornstein is more poetic: “The resinous leaves have an intoxicating fragrance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

Other trees and their products join fir’s resinous spice in the seasonal bouquet.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2018

Combustible natural products inevitably make themselves noticed, as when a resinous log explodes in a campfire.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond