Meaning of turpentine tree | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A terebinth or Cyprus turpentine (Pistacia terebinthus), source of Cyprian turpentine.
2. Any of various other trees producing turpentine, now chiefly species of pine and fir.
3. 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.
   Australia
4. A malara or native gardenia (Gardenia pyriformis), native to northern Australia.
   Australia
5. A West Indian birch (Bursera simaruba), native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.
6. A brown cudgeree (Canarium australianum, family Burseraceae), native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.
   Australia
7. A mopane tree (Colophospermum mopane), of southern Africa.

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“The Pajero sped past small clearings in the scrub floored by white earth […], overarched by the skinny limbs of twisted turpentine trees that might have been the desiccated remains of the dwelling houses of a species long vanished from this earth.”

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