terebinth

American  

[ter-uh-binth] / ˈtɛr ə bɪnθ /

noun

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

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terebinth British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of terebinth

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

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Example Sentences

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terebinth

Tartaric acid occurs in large amounts only in grapes, and terebinth resin was a wine preservative used all over the ancient Near East up through Roman times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two telltale substances in a salt clinched the new finding: tartaric acid and resin from the terebinth tree.

From Time Magazine Archive

But south of the Lebanon forest trees were scarce; the terebinth was so unfamiliar a sight in the landscape as to become an object of worship or a road-side mark.

From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

A figure passed among the slim terebinth columns.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena

The tamarind and the terebinth are not of its forest-trees.

From The French in the Heart of America by John Finley

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