terebinth noun. ['tɛrǝbɪnƟ] LME.
[Old French t(h)erebinte (mod. térébinthe), corresp. to Spanish, Italian terebinto or their source Latin terebinthus from Greek terebinthos, earlier terbinthos, terminthos, of alien origin.]
1. Either of two large Mediterranean shrubs of the genus Pistacia (family Anacardiaceae) with leaves like those of the ash, P. terebinthus, a former source of turpentine, and P. palaestina. Also terebinth tree. LME.

2. The resin from Pistacia terebinthus: see TURPENTINE. L15-L17.

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