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| Jerusalem oak |
a North American weed with lobed leaves and an odor like turpentine. |
| oleoresin |
a naturally occurring mixture of resin and an essential oil such as turpentine. |
| pitch pine |
any of various pine trees cultivated as a source of pitch or turpentine. |
| rosin |
a translucent, yellow-brown, brittle residue of the distillation of turpentine from pine sap, used as a friction-increasing agent, as on the bows of certain stringed instruments, and in manufacturing varnish, inks, and soap. [1/3 definitions] |
| sealing wax |
a mixture of resin and turpentine that softens when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, and the like. |
| terebinth |
a small tree common to the Mediterranean region that produces a turpentine resin. |
| thinner1 |
turpentine or other liquid used for diluting paint to the desired consistency. [1/2 definitions] |
| turpentine |
to thin, dissolve, or otherwise treat with turpentine. [2/4 definitions] |
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