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turpentine tree

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A terebinth or Cyprus turpentine (Pistacia terebinthus), source of Cyprian turpentine. [from 16th c.]

Any of various other trees producing turpentine, now chiefly species of pine and fir. [from 18th c.]

(Australia) Any of various trees of the genus Syncarpia known for their aromatic or flammable resin or leaves, especially Syncarpia glomulifera of eastern New South Wales and Queensland. [from 19th c.]

(Australia) Gardenia pyriformis (malara, native gardenia), native to northern Australia.

(Virgin Islands) Bursera simaruba (West Indian birch), native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.

(Australia) Canarium australianum (brown cudgeree) (in family Burseraceae), native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Synonym: mango bark, scrub turpentine, carrot wood, parsnip wood, Melville Island white beech

Colophospermum mopane, of southern Africa.
Synonyms: balsam tree, black ironwood, butterfly tree, mopane

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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