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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Here lay the bitumen-stratum, there the brimstone one; so ran the vein of gunpowder, of nitre, terebinth and foul grease: this, were she inquisitive enough, History might partly know.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

I stay in my tent under this terebinth tree; for I am here as a stranger and a sojourner.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander

In earlier times all was then thickly coated with clay, above which branches of palm, terebinth, and other trees were placed, and the whole was set on fire.

From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)