1. A pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
   "The tile setter applied mastic to secure the tiles to the wall"
    
2. An aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes
   "The furniture restorer applied a coat of mastic varnish"
    
3. An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
   "Ancient Greeks used mastic resin for its medicinal properties";
   - mastic tree, lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus

Derived forms: mastics

Type of: bush, cement, filler, natural resin, shrub

Part of: genus Pistacia, Pistacia

Encyclopedia: Mastic, New York