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lentisk

[ len-tisk ]

/ ˈlɛn tɪsk /

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noun

mastic (def. 1).

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Origin of lentisk

1375–1425; late Middle English lentiske<Latin lentīscus

Words nearby lentisk

lentiform, lentiginous, lentigo, lentil, lentil cut, lentisk, lentissimo, lentivirus, lent lily, lento, lentoid

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How to use lentisk in a sentence

Zanchine was digging up a lentisk when he heard a 'wow, wow'; he looked, and there was a baby, only a few days old.
After the Divorce|Grazia Deledda
Mastic, Mastich, mas′tik, n. a species of gum-resin from the lentisk-tree: a cement from mastic: the tree producing mastic.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
My goats eat cytisus, and goatswort, and tread the lentisk shoots, and lie at ease among the arbutus.
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus|Theocritus
There we reclined on deep beds of fragrant lentisk, lowly strown, and rejoicing we lay in new stript leaves of the vine.
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus|Theocritus

Now Pentheus from a lofty cliff was watching p. 145all, deep hidden in an ancient lentisk hush, a plant of that land.
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus|Theocritus