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Anime
noun · 78% connection
A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Asafoetida
noun · 78% connection
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Begonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-side…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Benne
noun · 78% connection
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is ex…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Cannabin
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Cineraria
noun · 78% connection
A Linnaean genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Dammara
noun · 78% connection
An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Elemin
noun · 78% connection
A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Epidermis
verb · 78% connection
The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Exudation
noun · 78% connection
The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exude…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Ferulic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafoetida); as, ferulic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Finochio
noun · 78% connection
An umbelliferous plant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Ita…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Frankincense
noun · 78% connection
A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Gum ammoniac
noun · 78% connection
The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yell…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Homodromous
adjective · 78% connection
Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their bran…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Laserwort
noun · 78% connection
Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as L. glabrum, and L. siler), the root of which yields a resinou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
Malpighiaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and thei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: resin, exuding, stems, certain, asiatic.
