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West Indian 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.

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- of Mastic. The Long Island Rail Road built a station in 1882 and, on July 15, 1960, the stop was moved 7,010 feet (2,140 m) west and renamed Mastic–Shirley...
- Mastic Reserve lies at the eastern end of the North Side of Grand Cayman, one of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea...
- Island Pines, Gordon Heights, Hagerman, Manor Park, Manorville, Mastic, Mastic Acres, Mastic Beach, Medford, Middle Island, Miller Place, Moriches, Mount...
- village was created in Suffolk County (Mastic Beach). After only seven years of being incorporated, the Village of Mastic Beach dissolved on December 31, 2017...
- (Laurus nobilis). Other types include California bay laurel, Indian bay leaf, West Indian bay laurel, and Mexican bay laurel. Bay leaves contain essential...
- ****es. In Tekirdağ, it is served with ****in; in İzmir, it is served with mastic. Cağ kebap, 'spoke kebab' – Cubes of lamb roasted first on a cağ (a horizontal...
- Cinnamomum tamala, Indian bay leaf, also known as tejpat, te****atta, Malabar leaf, Indian bark, Indian c****ia, or malabathrum, is a tree in the family...
- mahalepi, St. Lucie cherry (Prunus mahaleb) Marjoram (Origanum majorana) Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) Mint (Mentha spp.), 25 species, hundreds of varieties...
- the Anglo Saxon word "cwidu" (Mastix), the German word "Kitt" (cement or mastic) and the old Norse word "kvada". The word "ašphalt" is claimed to have been...
- before use to release its flavours and aromas. In the east of the Indian subcontinent, in West Bengal, Orissa, ****am and Bangladesh only cardamom, cinnamon...