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MASTIC TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mastic tree mean?
• MASTIC TREE (noun)
The noun MASTIC TREE has 1 sense:
1. an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
Familiarity information: MASTIC TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lentisk; mastic; mastic tree; Pistacia lentiscus
Hypernyms ("mastic tree" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("mastic tree" is a member of...):
genus Pistacia; Pistacia (a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit)
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