resinaceous en · ADJ
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rēsīnāceus; equivalent to resin + -aceous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) Having the quality of resin; yielding resin.
Sometimes I lost track of them and had to hunt round in a circle, thrusting through sharp-scented bushes, scratching myself on various plants which were still new to me: resinaceous [translating résineux] rock-roses, juniper, ilex, yellow and white asphodel.
1962, Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Peter Green, The Prime of Life, Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, translation of La Force de l'âge, →OCLC, page 77: