terebinth
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English therebynte, from Old French terebinthe, from Latin terebinthus, from Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos), from Pre-Greek.[1]
Noun edit
terebinth (plural terebinths)
- A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)
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Translations edit
a Mediterranean tree
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References edit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέρμινθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57