Resin

n.

A solid or semi-solid organic substance that does not dissolve in water. In the plant it is the sticky material in the flower glands; in manufacturing it is the matrix binding a composite.

Filed under Materials & Manufacturing

Related terms

Biofuel Fuel produced from plant matter rather than fossil deposits. Hemp can feed both biodiesel from seed oil and... Binder A substance that holds other materials together, such as the lime binder in hempcrete or the resin in... Detergent A cleaning agent used in soaps. Hempseed oil has long been used in soap making. Acetate A plastic made from cellulose rather than petroleum, historically produced from wood and cotton and equally producible from... Value-Adding Chain The sequence of steps that turn a raw input into a finished product, each one adding worth. For... Resource An available reserve of something that can be drawn on and counted as wealth.

Browse all 185 hemp terms in the Hempxicon