turpentine

A thin volatile terpenoid 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.

The sticky mixture of resin and volatile oil from which turpentine is distilled.

A brownish-yellow resinous liquid obtained from the terebinth.

To apply turpentine to or mix turpentine with.

To extract turpentine from (a tree).

To make or gather turpentine.

To apply turpentine to; rub with turpentine.

An oleoresinous substance secreted by the wood or bark of a number of trees, all coniferous except the terebinth, which yields Chian turpentine.

The oil or spirit of turpentine; turps: an ordinary but less precise use.

A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.