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GUM RESIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mixture of resin and gum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gum resin" is a kind of...):
natural resin (a plant exudate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gum resin"):
elemi; gum elemi (fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense)
gum myrrh; myrrh; sweet cicely (aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume)
Sonora gum (acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush)
asa dulcis; benjamin; benzoin; gum benjamin; gum benzoin (gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation)
bdellium (aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh)
gamboge (a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative)
