Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Thyine wood

Thyine wood

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed}, adj., pertaining to the tree {not transcribed} or {not transcribed}, an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.]

(Botany) The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach. — Rev. xviii. 12