Thesaurus: mastic

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1. n. A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
2. n. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.
3. n. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
4. n. an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes
5. n. a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
6. n. an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
7. 1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree. 2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes. 3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc. Barbary mastic (Bot.), the Pistachia Atlantica. -- Peruvian mastic tree (Bot.), a small tree (Schinus Molle) with peppery red berries; -- called also pepper tree. -- West Indian mastic (Bot.), a lofty tree (Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part.
8. A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus),growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, andproducing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
9. n:100 n. an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes n. a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler n. an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin