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turpentine tree

noun

  1. a tropical African leguminous tree, Copaifera mopane , yielding a hard dark wood and a useful resin
  2. either of two Australian evergreen myrtaceous trees, Syncarpia laurifolia or S. glomulifera , that have durable wood and are sometimes planted as shade trees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Is there not a tree more particularly designated the Turpentine Tree?

I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.

Commercially important also is the turpentine tree of southern Europe.

The lentisc has probably been thus mistaken for the turpentine tree.

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