Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LEN'TISK, or LEN-TIS'CUS, n. [Fr. lentisque; It. lentischio; Sp. lentisco; L. lentiscus.]

A tree of the genus Pistacia, the mastich-tree, a native of Arabia, Persia, Syria, and the south of Europe. The wood is of a pale brown, resinous and fragrant. [See Mastich.]