| accroides+ |
a red alcohol-soluble resin. |
| amber |
a translucent, usu. yellow, fossil resin, used for ornaments etc. and easily electrified by rubbing. |
| ambered |
embedded in amber; flavoured with AMBERGRIS. |
| amberous |
like AMBER. |
| ammoniac |
a gum resin. |
| anchusin |
a resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root. |
| anime animi |
a tree resin. [Tupi wana'ni]. |
| apiol |
an oily liquid derived from parsley. |
| arabic |
as in gum arabic. |
| asafetida asafoetida assafetida |
an acrid gum resin with a strong smell like that of garlic. |
| attar otto ottar |
a fragrant essential oil made from the damask rose. |
| balsam |
an oily or gummy resinous substance obtained from the exudations of various trees and used to soothe and heal; (verb) to soothe; to embalm. |
| balsamy |
like BALSAM. |
| bdellium |
a fragrant gum resin from trees of the genus Commiphora. |
| benzoic |
pertaining to, or obtained from, BENZOIN. |
| benzoin |
a fragrant aromatic resin obtained from eastern Asian trees of the genus Styrax. |
| borneol |
a rare variety of CAMPHOR. |
| cajaput cajeput cajuput kajeput |
a volatile oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree. |
| camboge cambogia gamboge |
a gum resin obtained from the sap of trees of the genus Garcinia, used as a yellow pigment and as a cathartic. |
| camphine |
rectified oil of TURPENTINE, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes. |
| camphire |
an old spelling of CAMPHOR. |
| camphol |
a rare variety of CAMPHOR, aka BORNEOL. |
| camphor |
a solid essential oil derived from camphor laurel. [Malay kapur]. |
| camphoric |
pertaining to CAMPHOR. |
| cannabin |
a resin obtained from the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, containing the active principle of the drug. |
| capsicin |
a red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of CAPSICUM. |
| caranna carauna |
a resinous substance yielded by various S. American trees. |
| carvacrol |
a thick oily liquid of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway. |
| cerasin |
the insoluble portion of cherry-gum. |
| charas churrus |
the resinous exudation of hashish, a narcotic and intoxicant. Pl. CHARASES, CHURRUSES. |
| chypre |
a mixture of resins used in making perfume. [Fr. = Cyprus, where perh. orig. made]. |
| conima |
a fragrant resin. |
| copaiba copaiva |
a transparent resin obtained from S American trees of the genus Copaifera. [Port. copaíba (whence Sp. copaiba) f. Tupi copaiba]. |
| copal |
a hard resin got from tropical trees. [Sp. f. Nahuatl copalli incense.] |
| damar dammar |
a hard resin used in making varnish. [Malay damar, resin]. |
| dextrin dextrine |
British gum, a gummy mixture obtained from starch. |
| elemi |
a fragrant resinous substance obtained from various tropical trees. |
| eucalyptol eucalyptole |
a volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, and consisting largely of cymene. |
| euphorbium |
the resinous gum of certain succulent plants of the genus Euphorbia, formerly used as an emetic and purgative. |
| frankincense |
a sweet-smelling resin from Arabia, used as incense; aka OLIBANUM. |
| galbanum |
a gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. [L. from Gk. chalbane, probably an Eastern word]. Pl. GALBANUMS. |
| galipot |
the turpentine that exudes from the cluster pine. |
| gamboge |
see CAMBOGE. |
| gambogian gambogic |
pertaining to, resembling, or containing, GAMBOGE. |
| garjan gurjun |
a thin balsam or wood oil derived from an East Indian tree. |
| gingeley gingeli gingelli gingelly gingely gingelly gingili jinjili |
the sesame seed or its oil. |
| glyptal+ |
a kind of alkyd resin. |
| gurjun |
see GARJAN. |
| hasheesh hashish |
the leaves, shoots and resin of hemp, smoked as an intoxicant. |
| hing |
asafoetida, a fetid gum resin. |
| irone |
an aromatic oil. |
| jalapin |
a glucoside resin, one of the purgative principles of jalap. |
| jinjili |
see GINGELEY. |
| kajeput |
see CAJAPUT. |
| kino |
a red gum containing tannin, obtained from several tropical trees. Pl. KINOS. |
| labdanum |
a gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. Also LADANUM. |
| lac |
a dark red resin. |
| ladanum |
a gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. Also LABDANUM. |
| mastic mastich mastiche mastix |
a pale yellow gum resin from certain Mediterranean trees, used for varnish. |
| menthol |
a camphor obtained from oil of peppermint. |
| montan+ |
as in montan wax, a hard wax obtained from peat and lignites, and used in polishes. |
| myrrh |
a bitter aromatic resinous exudate from the stem of various Arabian and African trees. |
| myrrhic |
of, pertaining to, or obtained from, MYRRH. |
| myrrhol |
the volatile oil of MYRRH. |
| neroli |
an oil distilled from orange flowers. Pl. NEROLIS. |
| oleoresin |
a solution of a resin in an oil. |
| olibanum |
an aromatic gum from a N. African tree, formerly used in medicine but now chiefly as incense. |
| opobalsam |
balm of Gilead. |
| opopanax |
an aromatic gum resin formerly used in medicine; now used in perfume and some incenses. [Gk. opos, juice + panax, a panacea]. |
| ottar |
see ATTAR. |
| otto |
see ATTAR. |
| podophyllin podophylin+ |
a cathartic resin obtained from the rhizomes of a fern . |
| poonac |
a kind of oil cake prepared from the coconut, and fed to cattle. [Tamil punnakku]. |
| propolis |
the resin of tree buds collected by bees. Pl. PROPOLISES. |
| resin |
any of a number of substances or products obtained from the sap of certain plants and trees; (verb) to impregnate with resin. |
| resiniferous |
bearing resin. |
| resinify |
to make or become a resin. |
| resinise resinize |
to treat with resin. Also RESINISE. |
| resinoid |
like or containing resin. |
| resinous |
having a luster resembling that of natural resin. |
| resinously |
by means, or in the manner, of resin. |
| resiny |
full of resin. No comp! |
| roset rosit rozet rozit |
(Scots) rosin; (verb) to rosin. |
| rosetty rosety |
(Scots) like rosin. |
| rosin |
a resin obtained when turpentine is prepared from dead pine wood; (verb) to treat with rosin. |
| rosinate |
to apply ROSIN to. |
| rosinol |
rosin oil. |
| rosinous |
of or like ROSIN. |
| rosiny |
like ROSIN, or having its qualities. No comp! |
| rosit |
see ROSET. |
| rozet |
see ROSET. |
| rozit |
see ROZET. |
| safrol safrole |
a colourless oily liquid obtained from SASSAFRAS and used in perfumes, soaps etc. |
| sagapenum |
a gum resin, the juice of Ferula persica, formerly used to stimulate menstruation and as an antispasmodic. |
| sandarac sandarach |
the resin of a tropical tree, powdered to form pounce and used in making varnish. [L. sandaraca, from Gk. sandarake, -che]. |
| santalol |
sandalwood oil. |
| saran |
a thermoplastic resin. |
| sarcocolla |
a Persian gum from Astragalus or other plants, reputed to heal wounds. [Gr sarkokolla, from sarx, sarkos, flesh, and kolla, glue]. |
| spikenard |
an aromatic oil or balsam yielded by an Indian valerianaceous herb. |
| stacte |
a sweet-smelling spice, liquid myrrh, used in incense by the ancient Hebrews. [Gk. staktos, dropping]. |
| storax |
any of several fragrant resinous exudations from certain trees such as the STYRAX and LIQUIDAMBAR. |
| styrax |
an aromatic gum, aka STORAX; the tree yielding this. |
| tacamahac tacmahack takamaka |
a gum resin yielded by various tropical trees. |
| tallol |
a resinous liquid. |
| thus |
frankincense. Pl. THUSES. |
| tolu |
a fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. |
| tragacanth |
a kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments. |
| turpentine |
a viscous resin, orig. that of the TEREBINTH tree, now generally of conifers; (verb) to treat or smear with turpentine. |
| turps |
TURPENTINE. |
| urushiol |
a poisonous and irritant oily liquid present in poison ivy and the lacquer tree. [Japanese urushi, lacquer + ol]. |
| vetivert |
the essential oil of the VETIVER, an East Indian grass. |
