mastic

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• ⇰ A low shrubby tree of the genus <gen>Pistacia</gen> (<spn>Pistacia Lentiscus</spn>), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree>.
• ⇰ 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.
• ⇰ A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.