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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 637 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TEREBINTH , botanical name Pislacia Terebinthus, a member of the natural See also:

order Anacardiaceae, usually a small See also:

tree See also:

COMMON

common in the See also:

south of See also:

EUROPE

Europe and the whole Mediterranean See also:

AREA

area. It has a purplish See also:

grey bark and See also:

compound leaves with two to four pairs, and an See also:

ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

odd terminal one, of smooth dark See also:

green See also:

OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval See also:

blunt leaflets, which when See also:

young are thin, translucent and strongly tinged with reddish See also:

PURPLE

purple. The very small numerous unisexual See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne on panicles which See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring from just above the scars of last See also:

YEAR

year's leaves. The See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit is a small roundish See also:

bright red drupe with a scanty pulp. The plant has been See also:

long known in See also:

ENGLISH

English gardens. A liquid oleo-resinous exudation, known as Chian, Scio or See also:

Cyprus See also:

TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine, is obtained by cutting the See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem. The Chian turpentine of See also:

commerce is obtained exclusively from the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Scio; the produce is very small, a large tree yielding only ro or 11 ounces in one year. An allied See also:

SPECIES

species, P. Lentiscus, is the mastich tree.

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