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Definition of: mastic
(mas′tik) noun
1. A small Mediterranean evergreen tree (Pistacia lentiscus) of the cashew family.
2. The aromatic resin obtained from this tree, used as a varnish and in medicine as a styptic.
3. A quick–drying cement. [<F <LL mastichum <Gk. mastichē]
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