resinous
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Oregano, especially in its dried form — which sharpens and intensifies into something almost resinous, unlike its greener, more delicate fresh counterpart — has become the backbone of my pantry cooking.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025
The vegetal, resinous scent after harvest — similar to a fresh-mowed lawn — is what brewers try to harness into a “fresh beer.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Her dark-hued, resinous, trembling-vibrato soprano has an inherent morbidity, haunting in both Fedora’s longer lyrical lines and speech-like parlando.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
Bornstein is more poetic: “The resinous leaves have an intoxicating fragrance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
With Atal’s help she drew off some of the sticky, resinous sap, and then came the long process of boiling, dissolving, boiling again, until the varnish was ready to use.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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