What is "pistacia lentiscus"

Pistacia \Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [NL. See Pistachio.] (Bot.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio ( Pistacia vera), the Mediterranean mastic tree ( Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species ( Pistacia Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine.

Mastic \Mas"tic\, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. ?, fr. ? to chew, because of its being used in the East for chewing.] [Written also mastich.]

1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia ( Pistacia Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.

2. 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.

3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.

   Barbary mastic (Bot.), the Pistachia Atlantica.

   Peruvian mastic tree (Bot.), a small tree ( Schinus Molle) with peppery red berries; -- called also pepper tree.

   West Indian mastic (Bot.), a lofty tree ( Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part.

Pistacia lentiscus (also mastic; ) is a dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree of the pistacio genus growing up to tall which is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek island of Chios.