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Resinous ooze
Answer for the clue "Resinous ooze ", 7 letters:
pinesap
Alternative clues for the word pinesap
- Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America
- Fir exudation
- Tree residue that's hard to remove from hair
- Arboreal bandage
- In some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
- Evergreen oozing
- Pitch cousin
- Turpentine is distilled from it
- Pitch relative
Word definitions for pinesap in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pinesap \Pine"sap`\, n. (Bot.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa ( Monotropa hypopitys ), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
Usage examples of pinesap.
The woods all around were silent and thick, fragrant with pinesap and the fecund scent of decaying leaves.
He reeked of fire: smoke and pinesap and scorched cloth, and the bitter tang of turpentine.
The day was warm, the sun cheerful, and the smells of pinesap and freshly mowed grass brought him pleasant memories of simpler times.