terbentine
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térébenthine — [ terebɑ̃tin ] n. f. • XIVe; terbentine 1160; lat. terebinthina (resina) « (résine) de térébinthe », du gr.→ térébinthe ♦ Huile essentielle résineuse recueillie par incision ou perforation de conifères ou de térébinthacées. Térébenthine de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
turpentine — [14] Turpentine is nowadays used for an oil obtained from pine trees, but it originally denoted the ‘resin of the terebinth’, a small European tree of the sumach family. The name of the terebinth is probably of non Indo European origin. It was… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
turpentine — [14] Turpentine is nowadays used for an oil obtained from pine trees, but it originally denoted the ‘resin of the terebinth’, a small European tree of the sumach family. The name of the terebinth is probably of non Indo European origin. It was… … Word origins
turpentine — [tʉr′pən tīn΄] n. [ME turpentyne < OFr terbentine < L terebinthinus, of the turpentine tree < terebinthus: see TEREBINTH] 1. the brownish yellow, sticky, semifluid oleoresin exuding from the terebinth 2. any of the various sticky, viscid … English World dictionary
