Resinous Meaning
/ˈrɛzən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or relating to resin.
adjNegative (of electric charge).
Sentence Examples
Pine is a resinous wood.
Pine trees secrete a sticky, resinous sap to protect themselves.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ smell of pine trees spread through the forest after the rain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ scent of pine filled the air as they walked deeper into the ancient forest.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French résineux; cf. Latin resinosus. By surface analysis, resin + -ous.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state ."
— 1855, William Somerville Orr, Orr's Circle of the Sciences, page 205:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ smell of pine trees spread through the forest after the rain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ scent of pine filled the air as they walked deeper into the ancient forest.