Terebinth


noun
1.
a Mediterranean tree, Pistacia terebinthus, of the cashew family, yielding Chian turpentine.
noun
1.
a small anacardiaceous tree, Pistacia terebinthus, of the Mediterranean region, having winged leafstalks and clusters of small flowers, and yielding a turpentine

(R.V. marg. of Deut. 11:30, etc.), the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists; a tree very common in the south and east of Palestine. (See OAK.)

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