in a plant what is oleoresin
OLEORESIN A naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants. Classified under: Nouns denoting substances. Hypernyms (oleoresin is a kind of...): natural resin (a plant exudate) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of oleoresin): 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)