‖ tereˈbinthina
[med.L. terebinthina n., short for terebinthina rēsīna terebinthine resin: see terebinthine B. 2.]
The pharmacopœial name of turpentine.
| 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Terebinthina, is twofold, vulgar and Venetian. 1859 Gullick & Timbs Paint. 209 By Turpentine and Terebinthina is understood the generally light-coloured resinous liquid which flows from many kinds of trees. 1899 Syd. Soc. Lex s.v., Terebinthina (Ph. U.S.) is the concrete oleo-resin..; also the juice of Pinus australis and other species of Pinus. |