| 单词 | mastic tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmastic tree 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). ΘΚΠ 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. mastic tree 4. More fully mastic tree. A tall forest tree Sideroxylon (Mastichodendron) foetidissimum (family Sapotaceae), of the Caribbean region, which yields a hard wood prized for building and carving. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 73 The Mastick is a tree very tall, but the body slender... The timber of..this tree is rank'd amongst the fourth sort, three being better then it. 1683 J. Poyntz Present Prospect Tobago 28 The Mastick is a Timber Tree of so fine a grain, that it plains like our English Box. 1743 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. 75 The Mastic Tree..grows usually to the Height of about fifty Feet... The Leaves hang promiscuously on long Footstalks. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 149 The Mastich-tree; Lat. Calaba. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. 32 The peninsula affords in this place Lignum-Vitae, Mastick and Mohogany. 1830 J. D. Maycock Flora Barbadensis 111 Sideroxylon Mastichodendron..Mastick Tree. 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 77/2 Sideroxylon..foetidissimum... Mastic... Its value as a timber led to its virtual extinction on the island. < as lemmas |
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