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LENTISK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lentisk mean?
• LENTISK (noun)
The noun LENTISK has 1 sense:
1. an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
Familiarity information: LENTISK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lentisk; mastic; mastic tree; Pistacia lentiscus
Hypernyms ("lentisk" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("lentisk" is a member of...):
genus Pistacia; Pistacia (a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit)
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