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OLEORESIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oleoresin" is a kind of...):
natural resin (a plant exudate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oleoresin"):
labdanum; ladanum (a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative)
balsam (any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes)
Canada balsam (yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium)
gum terpentine; turpentine (obtained from conifers (especially pines))
balsam capivi; copaiba; copaiba balsam (an oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments)
gum labdanum; labdanum (a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses)
oleoresin capiscum (an oleoresin extracted from the capsicum pepper plant)
