lentisk

[ len-tisk ]

/ ˈlɛn tɪsk /

mastic(def 1).

Origin of lentisk

1375–1425; late Middle English lentiske < Latin lentīscus

My goats eat cytisus, and goatswort, and tread the lentisk shoots, and lie at ease among the arbutus.

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus |Theocritus
On lentisk leaves; or lie them down, ripe strawberries o'er their head.

Theocritus |Theocritus
The sacred island, I suppose, on the other side of a bridge of boats, covered with what seems a scrub of ilex and lentisk.

The Spirit of Rome |Vernon Lee
The dunes were covered with thick bushes of lentisk, myrtle and similar shrubs; every step bruised some scented thing.

The Spirit of Rome |Vernon Lee

And she led him to a tall plane-tree, beneath whose shade grew arbutus, and lentisk, and purple heather-bushes.

The Heroes |Charles Kingsley