element

Turpentine

Elements

Volatile spirit or oleoresin from pine, for paint and pharmacy. Not rosin as the hard residue, and not pitch as dark tar.

Also known as Oil of turpentine · Spirit of turpentine

  • Turpentine is used in Medicine.

    Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists terebinth / turpentine resin (τερμινθέα) among drawing resins and compound ingredients. A named turpentine in that handbook, not rosin as the hard residue already walked and not pitch as dark tar already walked.

    from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

    used in · sourced · documented

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