a. Chem. [f. L. ter(e)bent-inus (see TEREBINTHINE) + -IC.] Of the nature of turpentine; in terebentic acid, C9H14O5, a crystalline substance obtained by digesting oil of turpentine with oxide of lead.
1894. Morley & Muir, Watts’ Dict. Chem., IV. 657.
