Terebinth Definition

tĕrə-bĭnth
noun
A small European tree (Pistacia terebinthus) of the cashew family, whose cut bark yields a turpentine.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Pistacia terebinthus

Other Word Forms of Terebinth

Noun

Singular:
terebinth
Plural:
terebinths

Origin of Terebinth

  • Middle English terebinthe from Old French terebinte from Latin terebinthus from Greek terebinthos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Terebinth Sentence Examples

  • The eastern slopes are comparatively bare of trees; but the western are well supplied with oak, terebinth and pine.

  • Viscum, called dryos hyphear, is most plentiful on the esculent oak, but occurs also on the robur, Prunus sylvestris and terebinth.

  • A few of the higher mountains have the Aleppo pine and the juniper; elsewhere only an infrequent wild terebinth is to be seen.

  • The terebinth tree and its resin were well known and highly prized from the earliest times.

  • The odor is a little like balsam and terebinth, and the taste astringent.

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