turpentine

松脂(精); (=oil of turpentine)松节油; (=wood turpentine)松木油

turpentine

Also called: gum turpentine any of various viscous oleoresins obtained from various coniferous trees, esp from the longleaf pine, and used as the main source of commercial turpentine

a brownish-yellow sticky viscous oleoresin that exudes from the terebinth tree

Also called: oil of turpentine Also called: spirits of turpentine a colourless flammable volatile liquid with a pungent odour, distilled from turpentine oleoresin. It is an essential oil containing a mixture of terpenes and is used as a solvent for paints and in medicine as a rubefacient and expectorantSometimes (esp Brit) shortened to turps

Also called: turpentine substitute Also called: white spirit any one of a number of thinners for paints and varnishes, consisting of fractions of petroleum

to treat or saturate with turpentine

to extract crude turpentine from (trees)