white turpentine
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[edit]Noun
[edit]white turpentine (uncountable)
- (now historical) The resin obtained
- from the European silver fir (Abies alba) which was used for a brilliant varnish.
- or from the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris).
- or from the loblolly pine (Pinus taeda).
- Rhodamnia argentea, a rainforest tree of eastern Australia.
- Synonym: malletwood, white myrtle, silver leaf, silver malletwood