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resin (n.)

late 14c., from Old French resine "gum, resin," and directly from Latin resina "resin," from Greek rhetine "resin of the pine," of unknown origin.

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Definitions of resin from WordNet

resin (n.)
any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules;
Synonyms: rosin
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