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Noun: mastic  ma-stik
  1. A pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
     
  2. An aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes
     
  3. An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
    - mastic tree, lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus

Derived forms: mastics

Type of: bush, cement, filler, natural resin, shrub

Part of: genus Pistacia, Pistacia

Encyclopedia: Mastic, New York