CHIAN TURPENTINE,
\t͡ʃˈa͡ɪən tˈɜːpɪntˌa͡ɪn], \tʃˈaɪən tˈɜːpɪntˌaɪn], \tʃ_ˈaɪ_ə_n t_ˈɜː_p_ɪ_n_t_ˌaɪ_n]\
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T. obtained from Pistacia terebinthus; a thick, tenacious liquid of a greenish yellow color or a soft solid of a dull brown hue, with little taste, and of a peculiar pleasant, mildly terebinthinous odor. It consists of resin (probably the resin of mastic) and an essential oil which contains a little oxygenated oil.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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