turpentine tree

noun

1. a tropical African leguminous tree, Copaifera mopane , yielding a hard dark wood and a useful resin
2. either of two Australian evergreen myrtaceous trees, Syncarpia laurifolia or S. glomulifera , that have durable wood and are sometimes planted as shade trees

Example Sentences

Is there not a tree more particularly designated the Turpentine Tree?

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I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.

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Commercially important also is the turpentine tree of southern Europe.

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The lentisc has probably been thus mistaken for the turpentine tree.

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