resinous

Example Sentences

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A trail of musks, resinous woods and creamy florals follow him around like an orb of protection.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

The evocative flavor — black currants are the main ingredient in cassis liqueur — is sometimes described as musky, resinous or astringent.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2022

Regular paper only uses certain bits of wood, but kraft paper uses all types of wood including resinous pine, which is typically left out when creating regular paper products.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022

The needles are a deep green, tough, resinous, and closely bunched, in groups of five.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

So Will watched as the flames roared along the resinous twigs, and with streaming eyes and scorched hands he adjusted each fresh branch till the heat was focused as Iorek wanted it.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman