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单词 peruvian mastic
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Peruvian mastic
2. In full mastic tree. An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean coastal region, Pistacia lentiscus (family Anacardiaceae), closely related to the pistachio, the bark of which yields mastic; = lentisk n. Also (usually with distinguishing word): any of several trees of related genera which yield a similar gum; esp. the pepper tree, Schinus molle, of tropical South America (more fully Peruvian mastic), and the gumbo-limbo, Bursera simaruba, of the Caribbean region (more fully West Indian mastic).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > [noun] > Mediterranean and Middle Eastern > mastic gum tree
lentiscusa1398
lentiskc1420
mastic?1440
prickwood1598
schine-tree1609
mastic shrub1682
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 1039 (MED) And now The bones hard of mastik tre wol serue Ysowe.
a1500 in Englische Studien (1885) 8 283 Atte Shyo [i.e. Chios] is good Muscadell, and ther groweth the Mastik.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f. 51 The Mastick tree, distilleth and droppeth a certaine teare or Gum.
1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies ii. 218/1 There groweth..many Mastike, Cedars, Cipres..and wild vines.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 136 Abounding in..knotty Pines, fragrant Masticks, Kingly Oaks [etc.].
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. (at cited word) Indian Mastic, the name by which the Molle, or Peruvian Lentisk is sometimes called.
1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece xxx. 144 Some boughs of green mastic served us at once for tablecloth and dish.
1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 785 Mastic tree, Bursera gummifera.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 724/2 Mastich, Barbary. Pistacia atlantica.
1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands ix. 233 The mastic, with its pendant white bell-shaped blossoms.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 873/2 The West Indian mastic tree is the Bursera gummifera and the Peruvian mastic is Schinus molle.
1990 C. J. King tr. I. Schönfelder & P. Schönfelder Collins Photoguide Wild Flowers Mediterranean 18 Plants found in its [sc. the Aleppo pine's] undergrowth include..the Sage-leaved Cistus (Cistus salviifolius), the Mastic Tree..and Rosemary.
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Peruvian mastic
Peruvian mastic n. (also Peruvian mastic tree) the California pepper tree, Schinus molle.
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1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Peruvian Mastic Tree.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 873/2 The West Indian mastic tree is the Bursera gummifera and the Peruvian mastic is Schinus molle.
1960 E. Lehner & J. Lehner Folklore & Symbolism of Flowers 46 The Peruvian pepper or mastic tree (Schinus molle) is a graceful South American shrub.
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