Pistacia terebinthusĀ also called theĀ terebinthĀ and theĀ turpentine tree, is aĀ deciduousĀ tree species of the genusĀ Pistacia, native to theĀ Mediterranean regionĀ from the western regions ofĀ MoroccoĀ andĀ PortugalĀ toĀ GreeceĀ and western and southeasternĀ Turkey. At one time terebinths growing

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius. Kermesse, or kermis, or kirmess, is a Dutch language term derived from ‘kerk’ (church) and ‘mis’ (mass) that became borrowed in English,&