Turpentine


noun
1.
any of various oleoresins derived from coniferous trees, especially the longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, and yielding a volatile oil and a resin when distilled.
2.
Also called Chian turpentine. an oleoresin exuded by the terebinth, Pistacia terebinthus.
3.
oil of turpentine.
verb (used with object), turpentined, turpentining.
4.
to treat with turpentine; apply turpentine to.
5.
to gather or take crude turpentine from (trees).
noun
1.
Also called gum turpentine. any of various viscous oleoresins obtained from various coniferous trees, esp from the longleaf pine, and used as the main source of commercial turpentine
2.
a brownish-yellow sticky viscous oleoresin that exudes from the terebinth tree
3.
Also called oil of turpentine, spirits of turpentine. a colourless flammable volatile liquid with a pungent odour, distilled from turpentine oleoresin. It is an essential oil containing a mixture of terpenes and is used as a solvent for paints and in medicine as a rubefacient and expectorant Sometimes (esp Brit) shortened to turps
4.
(not in technical usage) Also called turpentine substitute, white spirit. any one of a number of thinners for paints and varnishes, consisting of fractions of petroleum related adjective terebinthine
verb (transitive)
5.
to treat or saturate with turpentine
6.
to extract crude turpentine from (trees)
turpentine
(tûr’pən-tīn’)

A thin, easily vaporized oil that is distilled from the wood or resin of certain pine trees. It is used as a paint thinner and solvent. Chemical formula: C10H16.

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

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