terebinth

[ ter-uh-binth ]

noun
  1. a Mediterranean tree, Pistacia terebinthus, of the cashew family, yielding Chian turpentine.

Origin of terebinth

1
1350–1400; <Latin terebinthus<Greek terébinthos turpentine tree; replacing Middle English therebinte<Middle French <Latin, as above

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How to use terebinth in a sentence

  • He then eats some of a cake made of preserved figs, tastes the fruit of the terebinth tree, and drinks a cup of sour milk.

  • I do not know that you will equally appreciate the terebinth tree.

    The Swiss Family Robinson | Johann David Wyss
  • The oak and the terebinth are sometimes confounded together; but a small kind of the latter produces pistachio nuts.

  • He hears "the small hushed cry of crisp dry life The terebinth gives beneath the graver's knife."

    Essays | Arthur Christopher Benson
  • It is eighteen feet long, plastered all over, and shaded by a splendid terebinth.

    Tent Work in Palestine | Claude Reignier Conder

British Dictionary definitions for terebinth

terebinth

/ (ˈtɛrɪbɪnθ) /


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

Origin of terebinth

1
C14: from Latin terebinthus, from Greek terebinthos turpentine tree

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