Mastic

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  • noun. The mastic tree.
  • noun. The aromatic resin of the mastic tree, used in varnishes and as a flavoring and formerly in chewing gum and as a medicine.
  • noun. A pastelike cement used in highway construction, especially one made with powdered lime or brick and tar.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A resinous substance obtained from the common mastic-tree, Pistacia Lentiscus, a small tree about 12 feet high, native in the countries around the Mediterranean.
  • noun. A similar resin yielded by some other plant.
  • noun. A mastic-tree.
  • noun. A distilled liquor, most commonly obtained from grapes or grape-skins after the wine is pressed, flavored with the gum mastic and sometimes with anise or fennel, becoming opaline when mixed with water, much drunk in Turkey, Greece, and the islands. The best is made in Chios.—5. A kind of mortar or cement used for plastering walls.
  • Adhesive, as or with gum or mastic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (Pistacia Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
  • noun. the Pistachia Atlantica.
  • noun. a small tree (Schinus Molle) with peppery red berries; -- called also pepper tree.
  • noun. a lofty tree (Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus, native to the Mediterranean.
  • noun. A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring.
  • noun. A flexible, waterproof cement used as an adhesive, sealant or filler.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes
  • noun. an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
  • noun. a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
  • Word Usage
    "If you want I have this bathroom i'm putting tile in because ...well it makes a lot of sense for a crip to balance on the edge of a bathtub trying to smooth out this gummy stuff called mastic doesn't it?"
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