turpentine treen.
1. originally. The Terebinth, Pistacia Terebinthus (N.O. Anacardiaceæ), the source of Chian or Cyprian turpentine.
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1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 29 Amongest other rosynes, it of ye turpentinetre is best.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 151 I call it Turpentine tre, because Turpentine cometh oute of it.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 176 Some two miles from the City..there groweth a Turpentine-tree yet flourishing.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 6/2 The Turpentine-tree near Hebron, which was reported to have stood from the creation of the world to the days of Josephus.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Terebinthus The Broader-leav'd Turpentine-Tree.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Terebinthus The Narrow-leav'd Turpentine-Tree.
1869 H. Snow tr. Theocritus Idylls & Epigrams (1873) i. Notes 214 The terebinth or turpentine-tree (Pistachia Terebinthus), is often mentioned in the Bible, under the names of oak or terebinth.
2. Any tree yielding turpentine, esp. species of pine and fir, as the Larch, Abies Larix, which yields Venice turpentine; Bursera gummifera (N.O. Amyridaceæ), of the West Indies; in Australia, species of Eucalyptus, Syncarpia, and Tristania; in New Zealand, the Tarata (Morris).
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1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 26/2 I do not know any Wood that is to be preferr'd to the Larch, or Turpentine Tree.
1818 J. Oxley Jrnls. Two Exped. New S. Wales (1820) 331 The timber was chiefly..stringy bark, turpentine tree, and forest oak.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Turpentine-tree, Pistacia Terebinthus; also Bursera gummifera. ——, Australian, Tristania albicans.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 493 Eucalyptus microcorys..North of Port Jackson it bears the name of ‘Turpentine Tree’, and ‘Forest Mahogany’.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 523 Eucalyptus Stuartiana..frequently called ‘Turpentine Tree’, or ‘Peppermint Tree’.
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