terebinth

[ ter-uh-binth ]

noun

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

terebinth

/ ˈtɛrɪbɪnθ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of terebinth¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of terebinth¹

C14: from Latin terebinthus, from Greek terebinthos turpentine tree

Example Sentences

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.

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I do not know that you will equally appreciate the terebinth tree.

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The oak and the terebinth are sometimes confounded together; but a small kind of the latter produces pistachio nuts.

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He hears "the small hushed cry of crisp dry life The terebinth gives beneath the graver's knife."

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It is eighteen feet long, plastered all over, and shaded by a splendid terebinth.

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