turpentine

(tʉr′pən tīn′)

noun

the brownish-yellow, sticky, semifluid oleoresin exuding from the terebinth
any of the various sticky, viscid oleoresins obtained from pines and other coniferous trees; gum turpentine
a colorless, volatile essential oil, CH, distilled from such oleoresins and used in paints, varnishes, etc., and in medicine; spirits of turpentine; oil of turpentine

Origin: ME turpentyne < OFr terbentine < L terebinthinus, of the turpentine tree < terebinthus: see terebinth

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See turpentine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A thin volatile essential oil, C₁₀H₁₆, obtained by steam distillation or other means from the wood or exudate of certain pine trees and used as a paint thinner, solvent, and medicinally as a liniment. Also called oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine.
The sticky mixture of resin and volatile oil from which turpentine is distilled.
A brownish-yellow resinous liquid obtained from the terebinth.

transitive verb tur·pen·tined, tur·pen·tin·ing, tur·pen·tines