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turpentine
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
transitive verb turpentined, turpentining
- to apply turpentine to
- ☆ to extract turpentine from (trees)
Related Forms:
- turpentinic adjective or turpentinous
See turpentine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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