lentisk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lentisk
1375–1425; late Middle English lentiske < Latin lentīscus
Example Sentences
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Rotten seaweed pulled from the shore and resin pressed from lentisk, a tree mentioned in “Don Quixote,” are also part of his quest for local scents.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
Thus, for instance, one branch of a tree bore leaves like those of a cane, another branch of the same tree, leaves similar to those of the lentisk.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
Round about her were huddled the drowsy boys; on the slopes of the steep place where she lay she could see the goats browsing on lentisk and juniper, acanthus, bramble, mountain-ash.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Nearer the shore the lentisk grows, a savory shrub, with cytisus and aromatic rosemary.
From The Pleasures of Life by Lubbock, John, Sir
A sound of harmonium and girls' hymn issuing out of the ruin, on which grow against the sky great tufts of fennel, of stuff like London pride and of budding lentisk.
From The Spirit of Rome by Lee, Vernon
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