turpentine tree

English

Noun

turpentine tree (plural turpentine trees)

  1. Any of various trees:
    1. Canarium australianum (brown cudgeree), native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.
    2. Gardenia pyriformis (malara, native gardenia), native to northern Australia.
    3. Pistacia terebinthus (terebinth), native to the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands.
    4. Syncarpia glomulifera (red luster), native to Australia.
    5. (Virgin Islands) Bursera simaruba (West Indian birch), native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.
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