bursera gummifera

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bursera gummifera - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mastic \Mas"tic\, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. ?, fr.
     ? to chew, because of its being used in the East for
     chewing.] [Written also mastich.]
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     1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia
        (Pistacia Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and
        coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable
        resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
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     2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by
        incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent
        tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and
        an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.
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     3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and
        linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
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     Barbary mastic (Bot.), the Pistachia Atlantica.
  
     Peruvian mastic tree (Bot.), a small tree (Schinus Molle)
        with peppery red berries; -- called also pepper tree.
  
     West Indian mastic (Bot.), a lofty tree (Bursera  gummifera
        ) full of gum resin in every part.
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  Birch \Birch\ (b[~e]rch), n.; pl. Birches (-[e^]z). [OE.
     birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj["o]rk, Sw.
     bj["o]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche,
     birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr.
     bh[=u]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st Birk.]
     1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus
        Betula; as, the white or common birch (Betula alba)
        (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch
        (Betula glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (Betula  papyracea
        ); the yellow birch (Betula lutea); the black
        or cherry birch (Betula lenta).
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     2. The wood or timber of the birch.
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     3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
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     Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being
           tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in
           schools. They were also made into brooms.
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                 The threatening twigs of birch.    --Shak.
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     4. A birch-bark canoe.
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     Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of
        turpentine tree.
  
     Birch partridge. (Zool.) See Ruffed grouse.
  
     Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch.
  
     Oil of birch.
        (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European
            birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of
            genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia
            leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor.
        (b) An oil prepared from the black birch (Betula lenta),
            said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for
            which it is largely sold.
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