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