Terebinth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Terebinth \Ter"e*binth\, n. [L. terbinthus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
     t['e]r['e]binthe. Cf. {Turpentine}.] (Bot.)
     The turpentine tree.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  terebinth
       n : a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine [syn: {Pistacia
           terebinthus}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Terebinth
     (R.V. marg. of Deut. 11:30, etc.), the Pistacia terebinthus of
     botanists; a tree very common in the south and east of
     Palestine. (See {OAK}.)