| 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. |
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