turpentine tree
English
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editturpentine tree (plural turpentine trees)
- A terebinth or Cyprus turpentine (Pistacia terebinthus), source of Cyprian turpentine. [from 16th c.]
- Any of various other trees producing turpentine, now chiefly species of pine and fir. [from 18th c.]
- (Australia) Any of various trees of the genus Syncarpia known for their aromatic or flammable resin or leaves, especially Syncarpia glomulifera of eastern New South Wales and Queensland. [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 269:
- The Pajero sped past small clearings in the scrub floored by white earth […] , overarched by the skinny limbs of twisted turpentine trees that might have been the desiccated remains of the dwelling houses of a species long vanished from this earth.
- (Australia) Gardenia pyriformis (malara, native gardenia), native to northern Australia.
- (Virgin Islands) Bursera simaruba (West Indian birch), native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.
- (Australia) Canarium australianum (brown cudgeree) (in family Burseraceae), native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.
- Colophospermum mopane, of southern Africa.
- Synonyms: balsam tree, black ironwood, butterfly tree, mopane
Derived terms
edit- Australian turpentine tree (Lophostemon confertus, syn. Tristania conferta; Syncarpia laurifolia)
- Persian turpentine tree (Pistacia spp.)
See also
edit- brush turpentine (Choricarpia leptopetala, Rhodamnia rubescens)
- scrub turpentine (Canarium australianum, Rhodamnia rubescens)
- turpentine bush (Beyeria spp., Eremophila spp., Acacia lysiphloia, and Ericameria laricifolia)
- turpentine grass (Cymbopogon spp.)
- turpentine weed (Gutierrezia sarothrae, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Trichostema lanceolatum, Trichostema laxum
References
edit- “turpentine tree”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.