Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A substance (C40H31O2) which remains undissolved on dissolving mastic in alcohol. It amounts to about a tenth of the mastic employed, and has while moist all the characters of caoutchouc, but becomes brittle when dried.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.

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  • noun organic chemistry A white amorphous substance resembling rubber, obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.

Etymologies

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mastic +‎ -in

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