BURGUNDY PITAYIN
\bˈɜːɡʌndi pˈɪte͡ɪˌɪn], \bˈɜːɡʌndi pˈɪteɪˌɪn], \b_ˈɜː_ɡ_ʌ_n_d_i p_ˈɪ_t_eɪ_ˌɪ_n]\
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The prepared resin of Abies excelsa. In commerce the term includes the prepared turpentines of various other coniferous trees. When pure, it is a somewhat opaque, yellowish brown, aromatic, strongly adhesive substance, differing from turpentine chiefly in its smaller proportion of volatile oil. It breaks with a clear conchoidal fracture, and when cold is brittle and hard, yet eventually assumes the form of the vessel in which it is kept. It is used in the form of plaster as a mild rubefacient.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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