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  2. Turpentine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpentine

    Turpentine (which is also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthine, terebenthene, terebinthine and, colloquially, turps) [2] is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines. Principally used as a specialized solvent, it is also a source of material for organic syntheses.

  3. Turpentine tree - Wikipedia

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    Turpentine tree may refer to: Pistacia terebinthus, native to the Mediterranean region; Pistacia atlantica, native to the Middle East, the Maghreb, the Canary Islands and Southeast Europe; Pistacia eurycarpa, native to West Asia; Canarium australianum (brown cudgeree), native to Australia and Papua New Guinea

  4. Pistacia terebinthus - Wikipedia

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    Dry fruit of Pistacia terebinthus (MHNT collection). Aphid Forda formicaria galls on the leaflets.. Pistacia terebinthus also called the terebinth / ˈ t ɛ r ə ˌ b ɪ n θ / and the turpentine tree, is a deciduous shrub species of the genus Pistacia, native to the Mediterranean region from the western regions of Morocco and Portugal to Greece and western and southeastern Turkey.

  5. Naval stores - Wikipedia

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    These materials include rosin, tall oil, pine oil, and turpentine. Crude gum or oleoresin can be collected from the wounds of living pine trees. The term naval stores originally applied to the organic compounds used in building and maintaining wooden sailing ships, a category which includes cordage, mask, turpentine, rosin, pitch and tar. These ...

  6. Syncarpia glomulifera - Wikipedia

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    Syncarpia glomulifera, commonly known as the turpentine tree, or yanderra, [1] is a tree of the family Myrtaceae native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia, which can reach 60 metres (200 feet) in height. It generally grows on heavier soils.

  7. White spirit - Wikipedia

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    A 2-litre (3.5 imp pt) container of white spirit. White spirit (AU, UK and Ireland) [note 1] or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ/ZA), turpentine substitute, and petroleum spirits, is a petroleum-derived clear liquid used as a common organic solvent in painting. [1]

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