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Abietine
noun · 78% connection
A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Agallochum
noun · 78% connection
A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Alban
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Balm
noun · 78% connection
The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Benzoin
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and sl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Betulin
noun · 78% connection
A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Blende
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
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: like, resin, resinous.
Copal
unknown · 78% connection
A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
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: like, resin, resinous.
Dryobalanops
noun · 78% connection
The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Dyslysin
noun · 78% connection
A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of cholic acid of bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
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: like, resin, resinous.
Fluavil
noun · 78% connection
A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow, resinous substance; -- called also fluanil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
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: like, resin, resinous.
Gland
noun · 78% connection
A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Grass tree
unknown · 78% connection
An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
Guttiferous
adjective · 78% connection
Yielding gum or resinous substances.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, resin, resinous.
