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lentisk

lentisk

9.9
An evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean that makes a sticky resin called mastic
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : lentisco
  • The resin from the lentisk has been harvested for centuries to make mastic gum.

Examples

  • In the Mediterranean landscape, the lentisk shrub thrives in rocky soils and dry climates.

  • Ancient Greeks valued the lentisk for both its resin and its medicinal properties.

  • The lentisk tree thrives in dry, rocky soils.

  • I spotted a lentisk while hiking in Greece.

  • In the Mediterranean landscape, the lentisk shrub thrives in rocky soils and dry climates.

  • The resin from the lentisk has been harvested for centuries to make mastic gum.

  • Ancient Greeks valued the lentisk for both its resin and its medicinal properties.

Synonyms

Pistacia lentiscus
vslentisk
  • Specialized
9.9

A small evergreen bush from the Mediterranean that produces scented resin used in food and medicine

is the common name rather than the scientific label
mastic tree
vslentisk
9.9

An evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean that makes a sticky scented sap used in food, medicine and industry

emphasizes the shrub as source of a named aromatic resin
mastic
vslentisk
9.9

An evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean grown for its fragrant sap

focuses on the shrub and its resin's traditional name

Surface Forms

lentisk singular
lentisks plural

Etymology

The word lentisk comes from an old Greek name lentiskos meaning 'resin tree'. This Mediterranean shrub is in the same family as the pistachio and gives the aromatic resin called mastic, so thinking of the familiar nut and the resin helps you remember the shrub and its sticky product.