Turpentine
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Turpentine is a fluid obtainable by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines. Principally used as a specialized solvent, it is also a source of material for organic synthese
Turpentine distilled old way
"Herty system" in use on turpentine trees in Northern Florida, circa 1936
Chipping a turpentine tree in Georgia (US), circa 1906–20
"Cat face" on a pine tree
Terpene
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Terpenes are a large and diverse class of natural products with the general formula n, where n ≥ 2. They serve as crucial biosynthetic building blocks in many organisms, particularly plants. Comprisin
Turpentine
…living trees, mainly pines. Principally used as a specialized solvent, it is also a source of material for organic syntheses. Turpentine is composed of terpenes, primarily the monoterpenes α-pinene and β-pinene, with lesser amounts of carene, camphene, limonene, and terpinolene. Nowadays, turpentine is rarely…
Many terpenes are derived commercially from conifer resins, such as those made by this pine.
Second- or third-instar caterpillars of Genus Papilio butterflies, like this Papilio glaucus, emit terpenes from their osmeterium.