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PRONUNCIATION OF TURPENTINE TREE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TURPENTINE TREE

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Turpentine tree is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TURPENTINE TREE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of turpentine tree in the English dictionary

The definition of turpentine tree in the dictionary is a tropical African leguminous tree, Copaifera mopane, yielding a hard dark wood and a useful resin. Other definition of turpentine tree is either of two Australian evergreen myrtaceous trees, Syncarpia laurifolia or S. glomulifera, that have durable wood and are sometimes planted as shade trees.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TURPENTINE TREE

turnstile
turnstone
turntable
turntable ladder
turntablist
Turnverein
turophile
TURP
turpentine
turpentine substitute
turpentiny
turpeth
Turpin
turpitude
turps
turquoise
turret
turret gun
turret lathe
turreted

WORDS THAT END LIKE TURPENTINE TREE

at the top of the tree
big tree
cabbage tree
Christmas tree
coffee tree
family tree
flame tree
hall tree
Joshua tree
lemon tree
plane tree
rain tree
red tea tree
rubber tree
service tree
Seville orange tree
sycamore tree
tea tree
tree
tulip tree
white tea tree

Synonyms and antonyms of turpentine tree in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «turpentine tree» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TURPENTINE TREE

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The translations of turpentine tree from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «turpentine tree» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

松脂树
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

terebinto
570 millions of speakers

English

turpentine tree
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तारपीन पेड़
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شجرة التربنتين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скипидар дерево
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

árvore de terebintina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুর্কি গাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arbre de térébenthine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pokok turpentin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Terpentin Baum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テレビンの木
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

테레빈 유 트리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Turpentine tree
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cây nhựa thông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டர்பெண்டின் மரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टर्पेन्टाइन वृक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Terebentin ağacı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terebinto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

terpentyna drzewa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скипидар дерево
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

copac terebentină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δέντρο νέφτι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terpentyn boom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

terpentin träd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

terpentin treet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of turpentine tree

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TURPENTINE TREE»

The term «turpentine tree» is used very little and occupies the 186.063 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TURPENTINE TREE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about turpentine tree

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURPENTINE TREE»

Discover the use of turpentine tree in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to turpentine tree and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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William Turner: A New Herball: Parts II and III
I have not seen the tree in England, and therefore I have heard no name of it; but lest it should be without a name, I call it Turpentine tree, because Turpentine cometh out of it. I have seen both the leaves and berries of turpentine, which grow in ...
William Turner, George T. L. Chapman, Frank McCombie, 1996
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The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of ...
SYNCARPIA (Syn-carpia)— Turpentine Tree. Confined in the wild to eastern Australia, Syncarpia comprises five species of which one is planted in the south and in Hawaii. It belongs in the myrtle family Myrta- ceae. Its name, from the Greek ...
Thomas H. Everett, 1982
3
A Complete History of Drugs. Written in French by Monsieur ...
It flows by the Incisions made on the Trunk and large Branches of the Turpentine Tree. Its Consiftence is thick and pretty hard. Chuscthe cleanest, most transparent , and of a whitish green Colour, having little Smell, and being almost of an ...
Pierre Pomet, Nicolas Lémery, Joseph Pitton : de Tournefort, 1748
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A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: ...
It is used with success in the cure of green wcunds, as also by the painters, farriers, fifr. To be good, it must be clear and pellucid as water, of a strong penetrating smell, and very inflammable. Turpentine-tree, tcrebinthus, in bo- tany, a species ...
‎1764
5
Firewood Crops: Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production ...
Synonyms Bursera gummifera L., B. ovalifolia Engler, Elaphrium simaruba Rose Common Names Gumbo limbo, gum-elemi, gumtree, West Indian birch, red birch, almacigo, indio desnudo, palo mulato, galo de incienso, turpentine tree, and ...
‎1980
6
A history of the vegetable kingdom
Turpentine Tree (piatacia terebinthusj* This is another species of the same genus as the foregoing; but it attains a much larger height, with numerous spreading branches. The leaves are pinnated, oval, and lanceolate; the flowers are ...
William Rhind, 1841
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MotorBoating
Tapping the Turpentine Tree How the Pine Forests of the Southern States Produce Products Other Than Lumber How America Has Developed 'A Comparison of the Manufactures, Commerce,. N gathering its crop of turpentine, the United ...
8
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
... or other business enterprise, doing business as a single legal entity, producing gum naval stores from turpentine trees controlled through fee ownership, cash lease, percentage lease, share lease, or other form of control. (c) Turpentine tree.
‎1949
9
The visitor or monthly instructor
The leaves of the turpentine- tree are unequally winged, or have leaflets of unequal sizes, placed opposite each other upon a common footstalk, in about seven pairs. These leaflets are rounded at the base, and terminate in a point. This tree ...
‎1836
10
Vegetable substances: materials of manufactures
The tree whence it flows is commonly known as the turpentine-tree : it is called by botanists Pistacia terebinthus. The tree grows to the height of twenty-five or thirty feet ; the bark is very thick, and the wood is hard and resinous. The leaves are ...
Vegetable substances, 1833

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURPENTINE TREE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term turpentine tree is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lionel Buckett's extraordinary treehouse hotel in Australia's Blue …
Built around a turpentine tree and fireproofed against the harsh Australian bushfire season, it's a magical space with profoundly stunning views. «Gizmag, May 15»
2
Eating mangoes in the bath
"My favourite mango is the turpentine mango. ... them as they're a little bit on the sour side but my grandfather and I used to have races to our turpentine tree.". «ABC Online, Sep 13»
3
New rust disease savages east coast trees
Dr Angus Carnegie, a senior research scientist with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, is monitoring a patch of turpentine trees in the Olney State Forest ... «ABC Online, Mar 12»

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