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An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lentiscus, lentisk
Antonyms: none provided
A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 1834, James Augustus St. John, Egypt and Mohammed Ali, or Travels in the Valley of the Nile, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, Volume I, Chapter 132, pp. 322-323, [...] in many harems, the women are in the habit of burning mastic on a small chaffing-dish, and holding the mouth of the jars over the smoke; by which means they communicate to them a scent which perfumes the water for eight or ten days, at the expiration of which the operation must be repeated.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tears of Chios
Antonyms: none provided
An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, English, countable, especially, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mastic tree, lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cement, filler
an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural resin
From Middle English mastik, from Old French mastic, from Latin mastiche, from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē), from μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “to chew”) (note the chewing gum sense). Related to masticate. The broad sense for cements came via extension from predecessor cements made with the tree's resin. Doublet of mastika.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
shqind
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Albanian:
xinë
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Albanian:
dishull
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Albanian:
dushkull
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Arabic:
ضَرْو
(ḍarw)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Arabic:
مستكة
(mistika)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Azerbaijani:
saqqız ağacı
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Catalan:
llentiscle
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Dutch:
mastiekboom
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Dutch:
mastaka
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Finnish:
mastiksipistaasi
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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French:
arbre au mastic
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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French:
pistachier lentisque
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Galician:
laderno
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Galician:
loderno
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Galician:
aroeira
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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German:
Mastix
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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German:
Wilde Pistazie
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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German:
Mastixstrauch
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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German:
Mastix-Pistazie
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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German:
Mastix-Baum
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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German:
Mastix-Strauch
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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German:
Mastixpistazienstrauch
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Greek:
μαστιχιά
(mastichiá)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Greek:
μαστιχόδεντρο
(mastichódentro)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Ancient Greek:
σχῖνος
(skhînos)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Hebrew:
אלת המסטיק
(elat hamastik)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Italian:
lentisco
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Latin:
lentiscus
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Persian:
مصطکی
(matakī)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Polish:
pistacja kleista
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Polish:
lentyszek
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Russian:
мастиковое дерево
(mastíkovoje d'ér'evo)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Spanish:
mata
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Spanish:
lentisco
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Spanish:
mata charneca
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Tagalog:
almasiga
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Turkish:
sakız ağacı
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Ottoman Turkish:
ساقز آغاجی
(sakız ağacı)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Ukrainian:
мастикове дерево
(mastykove derevo)
— the shrub or tree Pistacia lentiscus
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Arabic:
عِلْك
(ʕilk)
— the tree's resin
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Arabic:
مُصْطَكَى
(muṣṭakā)
— the tree's resin
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Arabic:
رَمَاص
(ramāṣ)
— the tree's resin
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Arabic:
مستكة
(mistika)
— the tree's resin
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Azerbaijani:
saqqız
— the tree's resin
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Catalan:
màstic
— the tree's resin
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Czech:
masticha
— the tree's resin
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Dutch:
mastiek
— the tree's resin
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Dutch:
mastaka
— the tree's resin
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Finnish:
mastiksi
— the tree's resin
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Galician:
almécega
— the tree's resin
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Galician:
elemí
— the tree's resin
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German:
Mastix
— the tree's resin
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Greek:
μαστίχα
(mastícha)
— the tree's resin
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Ancient Greek:
μαστίχη
(mastíkhē)
— the tree's resin
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Hebrew:
מסטיקה
(mastika)
— the tree's resin
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Persian:
مصطکی
(mastaki)
— the tree's resin
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Polish:
mastyks
— the tree's resin
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Russian:
масти́ка
(mastíka)
— the tree's resin
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Tagalog:
almasiga
— the tree's resin
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Turkish:
sakız
— the tree's resin
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Ottoman Turkish:
ساقز
(sakız)
— the tree's resin
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Ukrainian:
мастика
(mastyka)
— the tree's resin
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Dutch:
mastiek
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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French:
mastic
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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German:
Dichtmasse
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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German:
Versiegelung
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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German:
Dichtstoff
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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German:
Gummimasse
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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Hebrew:
מסטיקא
(mastika)
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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Irish:
maisteog
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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Russian:
масти́ка
(mastíka)
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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Russian:
зама́зка
(zamázka)
— the flexible, waterproof filler
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Russian:
шпаклёвка
(špakljóvka)
— the flexible, waterproof filler
