Scio
/ˈʃiːəʊ/Now rare and chiefly historical
noun
In full Scio turpentine. Turpentine obtained from the terebinth tree, Pistacia terebinthus, especially in the eastern Mediterranean region.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in William Salmon (1644–1713), medical empiric and author. From Scio (now Chio), Italian form of the name of the Greek island of Chios.
- monomolecularly
- monomorphemic
- monomorphic
- monomorphically
- monomorphism
- monomorphous
- Monomoy
- monomyarian
- monomyth
- Monongahela River
- mononitrate
- mono no aware
- mononomial
- mononuclear
- mononucleate
- mononucleated
- mononucleosis
- mononucleotide
- mono-olein
- monooxygenase
- monopalmitin
- monoped
- monopede
- monophage
- monophagous