resin duct


noun Botany.

a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
Also called resin canal.

Origin of resin duct

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby resin duct

Example sentences from the Web for resin duct

  • There are, moreover, new forms of leaf-hypoderm and a new position of the resin-duct.

    The Genus Pinus |George Russell Shaw