resiniferousadj.
/ˌrɛzᵻˈnɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌrɛznˈɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌrɛzəˈnɪf(ə)rəs/ Botany.
Containing or secreting resin; (also) of the nature of resin, resinous.
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resinaceous1664
resiniferous1675
rosinaceous1675
fat1697
resino-vitreous1811
1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. ii. 13 The utmost are not Milk vessels, but Gum-vessels, or Resiniferous.
1764 W. Harte Ess. Husbandry i. 142 I will mention only the soot-black, which may be extracted in abundance from the larch and other resiniferous trees.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 3/2 The outmost are gum or resiniferous vessels, destined for the secretion of turpentine.
1846 D. J. Browne Trees Amer. 203 The only trees that will prosper on such soils, and ultimately become timber, are the resiniferous, needle-leaved kinds, as the pine, the fir, the cedar, and the larch.
1881 Scribner's Monthly 22 834 The fragrance of wild honeysuckle and resiniferous trees.
1917 E. C. Jeffrey Anat. Wood Plants xxiv. 339 The Taxodineae differ from the Abietinae in the absence of resin canals. There is, however, a resiniferous secretion produced by scattered parenchymatous elements of the wood.
1960 K. Esau Anat. Seed Plants xiii. 165 Schizogenous canals with resiniferous contents occur in the Compositae and with unknown contents in the Umbelliferae.
2002 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 163 1053/1 The pollinators of the resiniferous flowers are bees that use the resin in nest construction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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