Burgundy pitch

noun

1

: a yellowish brown or reddish brown hard viscous resin obtained as an exudation from the Norway spruce and used especially formerly in medicinal plasters

2

: resin from any of various pines or firs sometimes mixed with other substances (such as turpentine)

Word History

Etymology

translation of French poix de Bourgogne

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