turpentine-tree

Definitions

noun The peebeen of northern Queensland, Syncarpia Hillii.
noun In New Zealand, same as tarata.
noun The terebinth-tree, Pistacia Terebinthus, the source of Chian or Scio turpentine.
noun The Australian Syncarpia laurifolia (Tristania albens) and Tristania conferta, trees affording an aromatic oil. See the generic names.

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A broad door led by a flight of stone steps to the couchlike roots of a gigantic turpentine-tree whose deep shade harbored birds of every hue.

The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884
In Zagros, besides most of these trees, the ash and the terebinth or turpentine-tree are common; the oak bears gall-nuts of a large size; and the gum-tragacanth plant frequently clothes the mountain-sides.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857
Some I have heard, who, in their winter-feasts, compared him to the turpentine-tree, that never fails of yielding its sap and gummy distillation in all seasons: others to those temperate and mild days, which are sometimes seen in the midst of the severest winter.

An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton Antoine Simon Maillard 1736
(an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa. 6: 13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897