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turpentine

noun

  1. the brownish-yellow, sticky, semifluid oleoresin exuding from the terebinth
  2. any of the various sticky, viscid oleoresins obtained from pines and other coniferous trees; gum turpentine
  3. 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

  1. to apply turpentine to
  2. ☆ to extract turpentine from (trees)

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