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Definition of Barbary mastic

Barbary mastic
Mastic Mas"tic, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. ?, fr. ? to chew, because of its being used in the East for chewing.] [Written also mastich.] 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.

Meaning of Barbary mastic from wikipedia

- depressions the vegetation includes a scrub consisting of the Mount Atlas mastic tree Pistacia atlantica, Pistacia terebinthus, Ziziphus lotus, Asterichus...
- strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), Gr**** strawberry tree (Arbutus andrachne), mastic (Pistacia lentiscus), terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus), Pistacia atlantica...
- developed along the Aegean coast. Mastic gum: the ancient Gr****s chewed mastic gum, made from the resin of the mastic tree. Mathematics: Archimedes is...
- nutmeg, cinnamon, white sugar Perfumes and odorous substances to burn: musk, mastic, sandalwood, incense, ambergris Dyes: indigo, alum, carmine, varnish Textiles:...
- like to stride naked by the rivers to sing of the Barbary Coast like the woodsman hunting the mastic shrub, Like the viper slithering through gardens of...
- vulgaris Lentisk Deru Pistacia saportae P. lentiscus x terebinthus Hybrid Mastic Tree Deru bagħal Pistacia terebinthus subsp. terebinthus Lentiscus terebinthus...
- large raid on the Genoese-held island of Chios, plundering a fortune in Mastic gum, before turning south to attack the Angevin-ruled Prin****lity of Achaea...
- of land. For a long time the maquis here consisted mainly of cistus and mastic, oaks and some wild olive trees which reestablished themselves on the abandoned...