resinous

Example Sentences

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The vegetal, resinous scent after harvest — similar to a fresh-mowed lawn — is what brewers try to harness into a “fresh beer.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

Regular paper only uses certain bits of wood, but kraft paper uses all types of wood including resinous pine, which is typically left out when creating regular paper products.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022

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

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2018

She stripped away the green, resinous wood, pausing to remove a splinter from her thumb.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer