resinousnessn.

1659 J. H. tr. Paracelsus his Aurora & Treasure of Philosophers vi. 15 Although that the Liquors of some Vegetables do effect this, it comes to pass meerly from the Resinousness, fat, and earthly Sulphur with which they abound.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Resinousness, of a Resinous or Rosiny Quality.

1848 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (ed. 3) 494 The qualities in which British Larch-wood seems chiefly deficient, are density and resinousness.

1900 J. Nisbet Our Forests & Woodlands vii. 211 Corsican has the two great advantages of being able to bear rather a greater degree of shade than Scots pine.., and of being, probably from its great resinousness, less attacked by rabbits.

1949 A. Powers Redwood Country xvi. 130 The nostrils breathe in at a whiff the saltiness of the sea and the resinousness of the forest.

1974 Nucl. Sci. Abstr. 30 3222/1 The relation between uranium content and crude oil resinousness is more evident.