terebinth

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English therebynte, from Old French terebinthe, from Latin terebinthus, from Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos), from Pre-Greek.[1]

Noun[edit]

terebinth (plural terebinths)

  1. A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέρμινθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57