terebinth

[ ter-uh-binth ]

/ ˈtɛr ə bɪnθ /

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noun

a Mediterranean tree, Pistacia terebinthus, of the cashew family, yielding Chian turpentine.

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Origin of terebinth

1350–1400; <Latin terebinthus<Greek terébinthos turpentine tree; replacing Middle English therebinte<Middle French <Latin, as above

Words nearby terebinth

tercentenary, tercet, terebene, terebic, terebic acid, terebinth, terebinthinate, terebinthine, terebrate, teredo, terefah

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How to use terebinth in a sentence

He then eats some of a cake made of preserved figs, tastes the fruit of the terebinth tree, and drinks a cup of sour milk.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV|Aubrey Stewart
I do not know that you will equally appreciate the terebinth tree.
The Swiss Family Robinson|Johann David Wyss
The oak and the terebinth are sometimes confounded together; but a small kind of the latter produces pistachio nuts.
Curiosities of Christian History|Croake James
He hears "the small hushed cry of crisp dry life The terebinth gives beneath the graver's knife."
Essays|Arthur Christopher Benson

It is eighteen feet long, plastered all over, and shaded by a splendid terebinth.
Tent Work in Palestine|Claude Reignier Conder

British Dictionary definitions for terebinth

terebinth

/ (ˈtɛrɪbɪnθ) /

noun

a small anacardiaceous tree, Pistacia terebinthus, of the Mediterranean region, having winged leafstalks and clusters of small flowers, and yielding a turpentine

Word Origin for terebinth

C14: from Latin terebinthus, from Greek terebinthos turpentine tree

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