resinbush

noun

1

: a low southern African shrub (Euryops athanasiae) of the family Compositae having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin

2

: a much-branched tropical African shrub (Heeria insignis) of the family Anacardiaceae having narrowly oblong leaves usually in groups of three and with a silvery lower surface, small whitish flowers, black oval fruit, and very resinous sap

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