English Dictionary

turpentine tree

noun

The terebinth or Cyprus turpentine, Pistacia terebinthus, the source of Cyprian turpentine. / Any of various other trees producing turpentine, now chiefly species of pine and fir.

The turpentine tree is native to the Mediterranean region.

意味（1）

The terebinth or Cyprus turpentine, Pistacia terebinthus, the source of Cyprian turpentine.

意味（2）

Any of various other trees producing turpentine, now chiefly species of pine and fir.

意味（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.

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.

意味（4）

(Australia) Gardenia pyriformis (malara, native gardenia), native to northern Australia.

意味（5）

(Virgin Islands) Bursera simaruba (West Indian birch), native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.

意味（6）

(Australia) Canarium australianum (brown cudgeree) (in family Burseraceae), native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.

意味（7）

Colophospermum mopane, of southern Africa.