Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
 
				Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word lentisc.
Examples
- 
								The mountain is dominated by a woodland of wild olive Olea europea and fairly dense maquis of lentisc Pistacia lentiscus with Phillyrea angustifolia and Smilax aspera, also by open maquis with Euphorbia dendroides co-dominant on south-eastern slopes, and Juniperus phoenicea on northern slopes. 
- 
								The lentisc has probably been thus mistaken for the turpentine tree. Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various 
- 
								It is therein stated that the inhabitants of this country extract from the fruit of the lentisc Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various 
- 
								There's a green twist of galbanum that is perfectly sharp - astringent but not too bitter - overlaying a woody, herbaceous middle (lentisque, or lentisc, which smells woody/resiny to me); the lavender is very subtle and I wouldn't have guessed it. Perfume Posse 2010 
- 
								There's a green twist of galbanum that is perfectly sharp - astringent but not too bitter - overlaying a woody, herbaceous middle (lentisque, or lentisc, which smells woody/resiny to me); the lavender is very subtle and I wouldn't have guessed it. Perfume Posse 2010 
- 
								Not forgetting the best tooth-pickers in the world, made of the wood; but above all, the gum for fastning loose-teeth in the gums; the mastick, gather’d from this profitable bush in the Island of Scio; beside other uses: And as the lentisc, so may the Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663 
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.