resinaceous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēsīnāceus; equivalent to resin +‎ -aceous.

Adjective

resinaceous (not comparable)

1. (rare) Having the quality of resin; yielding resin.

   Synonyms: resinous, resiniferous

   • 1962, Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Peter Green, The Prime of Life, Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, translation of La Force de l'âge, →OCLC, page 77:

     Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous [translating résineux] rock-roses, juniper, ilex, yellow and white asphodel.

References

• “resinaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “resinaceous, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.