Turpentine
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A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of theterebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native ofthe Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferoustrees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.
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A thin volatile essential oil, C10H16, obtained by steam distillation or other means from the wood or exudate of certain pine trees and used as a paint thinner, solvent, and medicinally as a liniment.
The sticky mixture of resin and volatile oil from which turpentine is distilled.
A brownish-yellow resinous liquid obtained from the terebinth. -
Adj. 1) The state of being superior to items of a similar nature.
Noun. 1) An item of particularly superior quality which enable it to dominate over other items of a similar but inferior nature. -
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