
	Where results make sense

Topic: Mastic tree

Related Topics

Mastic Beach

Mastic, New York

Mastic scum

Mastic Beach, New York

muscles of mastication

family tree

ash tree

The Joshua Tree

tree line

tree graph theory

Dukes of Lorraine family tree

Two Trees

In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Mastic
		The average growth of the tree ranges from 6 to 10 feet tall and it begins to produce mastic at the age of 5 to 6 years old.
		Mastic was the main product responsible for the economic and social development of the Chian people for a long period and up to the present.
		The people of Ancient Greece used mastic as the first chewing gum to whiten their teeth and, during the Roman period, toothpicks were made from the mastic tree and its use spread to the harems of the East.
	www.chios.com /island/products/mastic.htm (840 words)

	mastic on Encyclopedia.com
		MASTIC [mastic] resin obtained from the small mastic tree Pistacia lentiscus (of the sumac family), found chiefly in Mediterranean countries.
		Mastic is used chiefly in making varnish but is also used medicinally as an astringent and, with aniseed, to flavor a distilled liquor called mastic.
		The term mastic is also applied to certain caulking and adhesive compounds, especially those consisting of a mineral filler, a resinous binder (e.g., asphalt), and a volatile solvent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m1/mastic.asp (337 words)

	Article - Mastic, Mastiha - presented by ©NewsFinder.Org - All Rights Reserved (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mastic oil and other sub products are produced from mastic and are they used widely in medicine, pharmaceutical industry, dentistry, and industry in general.
		Traditionally mastic is taken as a medicine to drop the sugar levels of the blood (diabetes) and to improve cholesterol.
		Mastic tree is a rush that thrives only in the south part of the island of Chios and nowhere else in the world.
	www.newsfinder.org /more.php?id=941_0_1_0_M (863 words)

	mastic - definition by dict.die.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		mastic n 1: an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes 2: a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
		A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision.
		West Indian mastic (Bot.), a lofty tree (Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part.
	dict.die.net /mastic (193 words)

	The Mastic, Chios
		During the Roman period, toothpicks were made from the mastic tree and the use of mastic spread to the harems of the East.
		For example, mastic is used in baking and in sweets such as biscuits, mastic ice cream, and mastic sweets of the spoon.
		The mastic growers are suitably dressed and well equipped in their endeavor, racing against the sun, trying to avoid his presence.
	www.chios.gr /products/mastic.htm (519 words)

	Chapter Masterdom <i>to</i> Match of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion.
		A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
		A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1204/23318/3.html (246 words)

	CHIOS: Mastic Gum
		The Mastic or Mastiha tree only grows in the South of Chios, islanders have tried to grow it in the North and it has been taken to other islands to be grown but to no avail.
		This gum or resin with the exquisite aroma is exuded from the bark of the mastic tree.
		The resin from the mastic tree is a colourless thick goo, but it carries the most wonderful scent throughout the island.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Chios/chios-interest-mastic.html (246 words)

	Mastic Gum Resin - per oz.
		Gum Mastic is a transparent, lemon-white coloured, tear-shaped natural resin from the mastic tree, which grows on the southern part of the island of Chios, Greece and nowhere else in the world.
		In ancient Egypt, mastic was also called "the fragrance that pleases the gods." People in North Africa use mastic for incense burning as a tonic for exhaustion.
		The mastic tree is an evergreen bush that grows up to 20 ft (6m) high.
	www.scents-of-earth.com /mastic.html (366 words)

	Mastic tree, can only be found on Chios
		Mastic comes from the mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus L.) that can only be found on Chios.
		To get the mastic from the mastic tree, is a very precise work and takes all summer.
		After this the tree is carved with a special needle to a depth of approximately 3 mm.
	www.fragrant-chios.com /info/sise_mastic.php (191 words)

	Mastic Tree - Flora ProvenceBeyond
		The mastic tree, also known as the lentisc, is an evergreen shrub or tree, usually low and spreading but which can sometimes grow as high as 8 m.
		The tree's resin, mastic, is used for chewing gum.
		This tree was also the start of the Grasse perfume industry, now world famous: tannin from the lentisc was used to tan leather for gloves in the Grasse region, a trade that evolved into the perfume business.
	www.beyond.fr /flora/lentisc.html (199 words)

	Tree Service in Mastic, NY. Yellow Pages online for Tree Service in Mastic, NY. This includes Tree Service, Tree, Tree ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Tree services are often called upon when an orchard or ranch has a pest or viral outbreak and need help combating it to preserve their investment in trees.
		Tree services often have staff with experience and knowledge in the areas of arboriculture, soil science, root systems, and pest management.
		Tree services are usually aware of local conditions, such as climate and soil that can affect trees.
	www.magicyellow.com /category/Tree_Service/Mastic_NY.html (378 words)

	Sumac Family
		This tree is commonly used in landscaping in southern California.
		Mastic is one of the oldest known high grade resins utilized by people, and it is extensively cultivated on the Greek island of Chios.
		Mastic resin (technically an oleoresin) is used in perfumes, chewing gums, pharmaceuticals, in high grade varnishes for protecting pictures, and in adhesives for dental caps.
	waynesword.palomar.edu /ecoph43.htm (1468 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Mastic tree is grown in Greece, Asia Minor (Turkey), and much of the Middle East.
		According to the myth, the tree shed tears over the man's death, which fell to the ground as crystals.
		The Mastic tree produces a resin that coagulates, sliding down the tree like tears until it crystallizes and on the ground, where it is collected.
	webpages.marshall.edu /~will2/mastic.html (409 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Mastic - Herb Profile and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The trees there are said to be entire male.
		The best Mastic occurs in roundish tears about the size of a small pea, or in flattened, irregular pear-shaped, or oblong pieces covered with a whitish powder.
		In the East it is still used medicinally in the diarrhoea of children and masticated to sweeten the breath.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/m/mastic23.html (280 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - mastic
		Mastic, resin obtained from the mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus.
		Pepper Tree, also called Peruvian mastic tree or Peruvian pepper tree, evergreen tree of the cashew family, native to tropical America.
		Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers--quickly search thousands of articles from magazines such as Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and Smithsonian.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /mastic.html (100 words)

	Chios mastic - Chios mastic gum - Chios Island Travel Guide by Chiosnet
		In fact, one of the main reasons the Medieval Villages were built like fortresses, was to protect the mastic and it’s producers from the barbarian raiding parties who often attacked the island to steal mastic and women.
		While the island was under Genoese and Turkish control, special privileges and certain freedom were given to the villages in the region where the mastic tree grows.
		For the collection of the raw mastic, small incisions are made on the trunk of the trees and the mastic gum flows in the form of liquid drops which become solid as soon as they come into contact with the air.
	www.chiosnet.gr /tourism/Worth/mastic.htm (259 words)

	lentisc
		Habitat: In woods by the side of the holm oak inland or with the carob tree and palmetto at the seaside.
		Male flowers without petals, female ones darker.The fruit is a drupe of about 8 mm, which being green at the beginning,changes to red and becomes fl in ripening fruits.
		Those samples achieving tree dimensions produce in a natural way or when they are tapped a latex,which is called mastic that has several properties, as we' ll se later.
	www.botanical-online.com /llentiscleangles.htm (246 words)

	Become.com - Shop results for mastic
		Mastic Gum 500 contains natural tree stem mastic gum (Pistacia lentiscus) from a shrub-like tree grown mainly in Greece and Turkey.
		Mastic gum, a natural resin from the Pistacia lentiscus tree...
		Master Flow Water Based Mastic is a water-based adhesive that creates an air-tight seal on duct seams and joints.
	www.become.com /shop?q=mastic (214 words)

	Mount Atlas Pistache, Mount Atlas mastic tree (Pistacia atlantica)
		Growth Habits: Large broad deciduous or semi-evergren tree, growing slowly to moderately fast, up to 40 to 60 feet tall and wide (12-18 m); odd-pinnately compound leaves with 7 to 11 glossy leaflets rounded at their tip.
		The Mount Atlas Pistache is often used as a rootstock for pistachio nut trees.
		The fruits appear on female tree only if there are male trees in the vicinity.
	www.desert-tropicals.com /Plants/Anacardiaceae/Pistacia_atlantica.html (262 words)

	PlantFiles: Detailed information on California Pepper Tree, Mastic Tree (Schinus molle)
		One is a pink berry from a tree.
		This tree is so widely planted in inland Australia and does so well there that many people mistakenly think it is a native.
		In fact, in the 1940s, the trees along the highway were never trimmed, so the foliage hung down to the ground all around and people we called "tramps" would sleep beneath them in snug little rooms.
	davesgarden.com /pf/go/38316 (1300 words)

	mastic - definition from Biology-Online.org
		(Science: botany) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; called also, mastic tree.
		A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
		(Science: botany) Barbary mastic, a lofty tree (Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/mastic (131 words)

	MSN Encarta - Mastic Tree
		Mastic Tree, common name for several trees of the cashew family that exude a resinous gum.
		The mastic tree that produces commercial mastic, a resin...
		Become a subscriber today and gain access to:
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762511712/Mastic_Tree.html (79 words)

	Mastic Tree, Evergreen Pistache (Pistacia lentiscus)
		Growth Habits: Dense irregular evergreen shrub or small tree, 15 to 25 feet tall and wide (4.5-7.5 m); leaves even-pinnately compound, leathery, 3 to 5 pairs of 1 inch leaflets; winged petiole
		Was the source, in Greece, of the aromatic resin named 'Mastic'.
		Dioecious flowers, inconspicuous, in early spring, in the axils of the leaves.
	www.desert-tropicals.com /Plants/Anacardiaceae/Pistacia_lentiscus.html (226 words)

	Tree Trimming Services (Results 1 - 16 of 2312) ~ tree trimming services ~ Simple Search ~ ...
		Tree Feeding Super Thrive / Vitamin Institute (1)
		Certified Arborist, Certified Tree Worker, Claimer Specialist (1)
		Request free estimates online with local tree services in your area.
	yellowpages.superpages.com /listings.jsp?C=tree+trimming+services&... (118 words)

	Andalusia - Natural Parks und protected areas
		Cork Oak, Olive tree, Gall Oak, Pink Rock Rose, Small Palm tree, Alder, Rhododendron, Holly, Bracken (Fern), Cherry tree, Laurel.
		Holm Oak, Cork Oak, Gall Oak, Oleaster, (Ocean)Cherry, Mastic Tree, Cornelian Cherry, Ziegenhorn, Ash tree, Alder, Aspen.
		Eroded landscape with steep gorges and the peak of the Mágina mountain on 2167 m.
	www.andalusia-web.com /natureparks_details.htm (935 words)

	Mastic - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		obtained from the small mastic tree Pistacia lentiscus (of the sumac
		The term mastic is also applied to certain caulking and adhesive compounds, especially those consisting of a mineral filler, a resinous binder (e.g., asphalt
		Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=mastic (228 words)

	Jarrow Formulas MasticGum Tree stem mastic gum(Pistacia lentiscus) from a shrub-like tree grown mainly in Greece and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Jarrow Formulas MasticGum Tree stem mastic gum(Pistacia lentiscus) from a shrub-like tree grown mainly in Greece and Turkey.
		Mastic Gum protects gastric and duodenal cells and tissue by inhibiting Helicobacter pylori.
		These statements have not been evaluated by the food and Drug Administration.
	egetbetter.com /egbStoreFront/MasticGum.htm (242 words)

	Mastic Meaning and Definition
		(n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision.
		(n.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
		A, Also, An, And, Aromatic, As, Astringent, Best, Burnt, By, Called, Cement, Clay, Composed, exuding, Faint, For, From, Genus, Growing, In, Incision, Ingredient, Is, Kind, Lentiscus, Linseed, Litharge, Low, Mastic, Mediterranean, Obtained, Of, Oil, P, Pistacia, Plastering, Producing, Resin, Semitransparent, Shrubby, Smell, The, Tree, Upon, Used, Valuable, White, Yellowish,
	en.thinkexist.com /dictionary/meaning/mastic (149 words)

	Jarrow Formulas Mastic Gum 500 -- 500 mg - 60 Capsules - Vitacost
		Mostly composed of resinous gum and volatile oils, mastic has been used for centuries by traditional healers for stomach distress.
		Mastic Gum protects gastric and duodenal cells and tissue.
		Prices and promotions are subject to change without notice.
	www.vitacost.com /JarrowFormulasMasticGum500 (398 words)

	Picture and details of PISTACIA atlantica "Mt. Atlas Mastic tree" Seeds and Bulbs - Tropical Plant Seed
		Picture and details of PISTACIA atlantica "Mt. Atlas Mastic tree" Seeds and Bulbs - Tropical Plant Seed
		And PISTACIA atlantica "Mt. Atlas Mastic tree" growing tips coming soon!
		Ornamental tree to 60' with leaves being odd-pinnate 7-11 leaflets lanceolate.
	www.banana-tree.com /Product_Detail~category~14.0~Product_ID~629.cfm (60 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)