turpentine tree
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A terebinth or Cyprus turpentine (Pistacia terebinthus), source of Cyprian turpentine.
noun
Any of various trees of the genus Syncarpia known for their aromatic or flammable resin or leaves, especially Syncarpia glomulifera of eastern New South Wales and Queensland.
Australian usage
noun
A malara or native gardenia (Gardenia pyriformis), native to northern Australia.
Australian usage
noun
A West Indian birch (Bursera simaruba), native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.
noun
A brown cudgeree (Canarium australianum, family Burseraceae), native to Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Australian usage
noun
A mopane tree (Colophospermum mopane), of southern Africa.
Example Sentences
- "The Pajero sped past small clearings in the scrub floored by white earth […], overarched by the skinny limbs of twisted turpentine trees that might have been the desiccated remains of the dwelling houses of a species long vanished from this earth."
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Australian turpentine tree
Persian turpentine tree
brush turpentine
scrub turpentine
turpentine bush
turpentine grass
turpentine weed (Gutierrezia sarothrae, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Trichostema lanceolatum, Trichostema laxum
Frequently Paired Words
brush turpentine
scrub turpentine
turpentine bush
turpentine grass
turpentine weed (Gutierrezia sarothrae, Silphium perfoliatum, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Trichostema lanceolatum, Trichostema laxum
Synonyms
mango bark, scrub turpentine, carrot wood, parsnip wood, Melville Island white beech
balsam tree
black ironwood
butterfly tree