turpentine tree, noun phrase

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AfrikaansShow more Translation of Afrikaans terpentynboom, named for the turpentine-like smell of the leaves when crushed.
The mopani tree (see mopani sense 1 a), Colophospermum mopane.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 519Turpentine tree, Another Transvaal name for Copaifera mopane, Kirk.
1934 C.P. Swart Supplement to Pettman. 120Mopane,..The turpentine tree.
1970 A. Sillery Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. II. 222Outside the forest region, the turpentine tree or mopane..covers a large area in the north and north-east.
1987 F. Von Breitenbach Nat. List of Indigenous Trees 63Mopane, Butterfly Tree, Turpentine Tree, Rhodesian Ironwood.
The mopani tree (see mopani sense 1 a), Colophospermum mopane.
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