turpentine tree

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Noun

turpentine tree (plural turpentine trees)

  1. A terebinth or Cyprus turpentine (Pistacia terebinthus), source of Cyprian turpentine. [from 16th c.]
  2. Any of various other trees producing turpentine, now chiefly species of pine and fir. [from 18th c.]
  3. (Australia) Any of various trees of the genus Syncarpia known for their aromatic or flammable resin or leaves, especially Syncarpia glomulifera of eastern New South Wales and Queensland. [from 19th c.]
    • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 269:
      The Pajero sped past small clearings in the scrub floored by white earth […] , overarched by the skinny limbs of twisted turpentine trees that might have been the desiccated remains of the dwelling houses of a species long vanished from this earth.
  4. (Australia) A malara or native gardenia (Gardenia pyriformis), native to northern Australia.
  5. (Virgin Islands) A West Indian birch (Bursera simaruba), native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.
  6. (Australia) A brown cudgeree (Canarium australianum, family Burseraceae), native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.
    Synonym: mango bark, scrub turpentine, carrot wood, parsnip wood, Melville Island white beech
  7. A mopane tree (Colophospermum mopane), of southern Africa.
    Synonyms: balsam tree, black ironwood, butterfly tree

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