resinous

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These "Amberlite" resins are now made in quantity by Resinous Products & Chemical Co. of Philadelphia under patents owned by the British Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

Philadelphia's Resinous Products and Chemical Co. got a chemical plant for $103,000.

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Resinous woods such as pine and fir distilled with steam give turpentine and rosin.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

Resinous matters are mentioned by various writers as injurious ingredients of peat, but I find no evidence that this notion is well-founded.

From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)

Resinous substances, glass, very dry wood, horn, and even bones, which are generally believed to be good conductors, prevent the action of the gymnoti from being transmitted to man.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von