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mastiche

mastiche · f

mastic, an odoriferous gum from the mastic-tree

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 15 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

mastĭchē — Lewis & Short

mastĭchē (mastĭcē), ēs, f., = masti/xh,

I mastic, an odoriferous gum from the mastic-tree, Plin. 12, 17, 36, § 72; 21, 16, 56, § 96; 14, 20, 25, § 122; Capitol. Gord. 19.— Post-class. collat. forms: mastĭcha, ae, f., Marc. Emp. 26; mastĭchum (ma-stĭcum), i, n., Pall. Oct. 14, 3 (al. mastichae), and mastix, mastĭchis, abl. mastichĕ, Ser. Samm. 156; 447; 423.

In the wild

mastiche Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.3.p3
mastichen Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.22.p15
mastiche Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.18
mastiche Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.22.p21
mastiche Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.14.p1
mastiche Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 14.21

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Where it came from

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