a thick oily resinous secretion obtained from certain conifer trees and distilled to make rosin and oil of turpentine. Also called gum turpentine
a thick sticky yellow or brown oleoresin (natural oily secretion) obtained from certain conifer trees and distilled to make rosin and oil of turpentine. Also called gum turpentine
any of various colourless volatile oils distilled from this, used as solvents for paints and varnishes and as medicinal liniments. Also called oil of turpentine, spirits of turpentine
a name loosely applied to any of various paint and varnish thinners derived from other sources; white spirit
[Middle English from early French ter(e)bentine, from Latin ter(e)binthina resina resin of the terebinth tree]