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Definition of Nonresinous
1. Adjective. Not having resin.
Definition of Nonresinous
1. Adjective. Not resinous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonresinous
Literary usage of Nonresinous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the North American Gymnosperms: Exclusive of the Cycadales But by David Pearce Penhallow (1907)
"Resin passages rather numerous and scattering, not large; the epithelium nonresinous,
composed of about 2 rows of very large and very thin-walled cells, ..."
2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"The factors of safety lie in a thick, nonresinous bark and in roots which penetrate
deeper than the lower limit of the humus. Among the trees that occur in ..."
3. Insect Life: An Introduction to Nature-study and a Guide for Teachers by John Henry Comstock (1901)
"The bottom should be made of well-seasoned, soft, nonresinous wood. If the wood
is not well seasoned it will shrink and make a crack through which pests ..."
4. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1807)
"... ma> and more abundant oil, than the nonresinous woods used for but no vinegar,
fuel; and a great deal of water and ammonia, but none of that vinegar, ..."
5. Animal and Vegetable Fixed Oils, Fats, Butters, and Waxes: Their Preparation by Charles Romley Alder Wright (1894)
"... most natural oils and fats contain in solution small quantities of non-
saponifiable nonresinous matters ; in some cases cholesterol or ..."
6. Pulp and Paper and Other Products from Waste Resinous Woods by Fletcher Pearre Veitch, Jason L. Merrill (1913)
"The sap or nonresinous part of the wood rots away in a few years, leaving the
heart or resinous portion which will last indefinitely. ..."
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