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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A small bushy tree or shrub up to 3 m (10 ft) high, which produces a natural oleoresin from the trunk. Incisions are made in the bark in order to collect the liquid oleoresin, which then hardens into brittle pea-sized lumps.  1, record 1, English, - mastic

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

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. They are pale yellow in colour, which darkens with age. The odour is agreeable and the taste mild and resinous, and when chewed it becomes soft, so that it can easily be masticated.  1, record 2, English, - mastic

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Résine jaunâtre qui découle d'incisions pratiquées au tronc ou aux branches du lentisque.  2, record 2, French, - mastic

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

À la moindre blessure du tronc ou des branches du lentisque, il s'écoule un latex qui se concrète en larmes [...] On retrouve dans le commerce 2 qualités de mastic, le mastic en grain et le mastic en bloc. La première sorte se présente sous la forme de larmes ou d'amas globuleux, [...] la seconde est jaunâtre ou brunâtre, souvent souillée de débris végétaux, de sable ou de terre. L'odeur, balsamique, rappelle un peu celle de la sabine.  2, record 2, French, - mastic

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish