oleoresin

Noun
  1. A naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil;
    Obtained from certain plants (synset 114920592)
    is a type of: natural resin - a plant exudate
    subtypes:
    • 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

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