An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin.
Composition for moulding and casting weathered ornaments, figures, columns with the hardness of sandstone.
1And we smoke the cups with one of those burning sticks of mastic.
2The smoky fragrance of the renowned mastic rose, dense and compelling.
3They were thickly wooded, and we thought we found cinnamon, aloes and mastic.
4Thrice during the forenoon I am accosted with the invitation mastic?
5Tufts of tamarinds, myrtles, and mastic-trees, such as are produced in the temperate zone.
6It has a delicate taste of rose water and mastic.
7The total cost of the work, including mastic, felt and tile, was 17 cts.
8The gum comes from the mastic shrub, which is a member of the pistachio family.
9We winded our way among bushes of myrtle and mastic till we reached the willow-city.
10He noted the abundance of mastic where none grew.
11The "mastic" cement formerly described may be employed for this purpose.
12The principal young trees were Pinus maritima, dwarf-cypress, mastic, caroub, arbutus, myrtle, and wild olive.
13The chief productions are wheat, wine, oil, mastic, figs, raisins, honey, wax, cotton and silk.
14Add the rose water, turn off the heat, and sprinkle on the gum mastic, stirring vigorously.
15A still more brilliant result is obtained with mastic dissolved in a great excess of alcohol.
16Today it would be shatterproof plastic and mastic.