Definition of Turpentine

1. Noun. Obtained from conifers (especially pines).

Exact synonyms: Gum Terpentine
Substance meronyms: Oil Of Turpentine, Spirit Of Turpentine, Turps
Generic synonyms: Oleoresin
Specialized synonyms: Chian Turpentine

2. Noun. Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally.
Exact synonyms: Oil Of Turpentine, Spirit Of Turpentine, Turps
Generic synonyms: Essential Oil, Volatile Oil
Terms within: Gum Terpentine

Definition of Turpentine

1. n. A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.

Definition of Turpentine

1. Noun. a volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turpentine

1. [v -TINED, -TINING, -TINES]

Medical Definition of Turpentine

1. A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir. There are many varieties of turpentine. Chian turpentine is produced in small quantities by the turpentine tree (Pistacia Terebinthus). Venice, Swiss, or larch turpentine, is obtained from Larix Europaea. It is a clear, colourless balsam, having a tendency to solidify. Canada turpentine, or Canada balsam, is the purest of all the pine turpentines (see under Balsam). The Carpathian and Hungarian varieties are derived from Pinus Cembra and Pinus Mugho. Carolina turpentine, the most abundant kind, comes from the long-leaved pine (Pinus palustris). Strasburg turpentine is from the silver fir (Abies pectinata). Oil of turpentine, any one of several species of small tortricid moths whose larvae eat the tender shoots of pine and fir trees, causing an exudation of pitch or resin. Turpentine tree, the terebinth tree, the original source of turpentine. See Turpentine, above. Origin: F. Terebentine, OF. Also turbentine; cf. Pr. Terebentina, terbentina, It. Terebentina, trementina; fr. L. Terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from terebinthus the turpentine tree. Gr, . See Terebinth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Turpentine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The common American turpentine of commerce comes from the Pinus ... When first extracted it is crude or common turpentine, varying from 75 to 90 per cent of ..."

2. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"HOW LONG CAN OUR Turpentine ORCHARDS LAST? It appears from the foregoing that there ... That the yield of spirits of turpentine is less than it should be, ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"A temporary injunction, restraining the defendant from entering upon land and boxing for turpentine purposes timber claimed by the plaintiff, ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"The compound forms after a considerable time in mixtures of oil of turpentine and water. (Hertz, Deville.) In the following cases, also, the formation of ..."

5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1812)
"Sin, The enormous high price of turpentine, tar, and pitch, l.tst year, ... Tl>e turpentine U in the cask in which it was deposited when brought irom the ..."

6. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"Take 7% oz. of shellac and 4 oz. of Venice turpentine, and color with 1 oz. of ... Reduce the mixture by addins spirits of turpentine, so that it may lie ..."

7. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"Turpentine and shell-lac like No. 3, colophony and cinnabar each Ц oz., magnesia, Ac. Red, No, ... Chinese red, 1 drachm magnesia, with oil of turpentine. ..."

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