The Meaning of mastic

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.

Synonyms

mastic tree , lentisk , Pistacia lentiscus

Rhymes

anaplastic , bombastic , clastic , drastic , dynastic , ecclesiastic , elastic , enthusiastic , fantastic , fantastik , gymnastic , iconoclastic , inelastic , interscholastic , monastic , onomastic , plastic , plastique , sarcastic , scholastic , spastic , stochastic , thermoplastic , unenthusiastic