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And it came to pass on 11 Nov 00, , that Serian wrote:

> lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> > Given its form, i suspect that "almaciga" derives from Arabic, which
> > i also don't really know. 

The footnote says it's an Arabic-Greek hybrid word.

> > Could it possibly be mastic, which is a
> > Mediterranean "tree gum thingy"?
> 
> sounds reasonable.

My dictionary agrees.


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