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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rēsīnāceus; equivalent to resin + -aceous.
Adjective
resinaceous (not comparable)
- (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.