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Lentiscus
Lentiscus \Len*tis"cus\ (l[e^]n*t[i^]s"k[u^]s), Lentisk \Len"tisk\ (l[e^]n"t[i^]sk), n. [L. lentiscus, lentiscum: cf. F. lentisque.] (Bot.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic.
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lentiscus
n. The mastic-tree (''Pistacia lentiscus'').
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Usage examples of "lentiscus".
He passed along a fringe of evergreen oaks, interspersed with pines through a tangle of lentiscus and low-growing shrubs, then into the gloom of the forest, where the great cedar boughs met and closed over his head, making a cool and murmurous dusk.
Barbary partridges could be heard: the air was filled with the scent of lavender and lentiscus and a hundred other aromatic shrubs hot in the sun.