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NgesiGreki: umbuzo
I-Mastiha iqala njengesitshalo esisodwa esivela emithini yama-lentisk (empeleni izihlahla ezivuthiwe) zitholakala kuphela ezindaweni ezithile zesiqhingi saseGreek saseChios. Njengama-granules e-resinous, kwakuyi-original chewing gum, futhi igama elithi "mastiha" liyisisekelo se "masticate," okusho ukuthi "ukuhlafuna."
Emakethe, bheka "mastiha," "mastihi," noma " izinyembezi ze-mastic " futhi kungase kutholakale ngefomu eliyimpuphu.
I-Mastiha isetshenziswe njenge-spice emaswidi kanye nokupheka, njenge-flavouring yama-liqueurs, nasokwenzeni isepha, izimonyo, ne-toothpaste, phakathi kwabanye. Ubufakazi bamuva bethonya layo elihle ezilonda ziholele ekuthengeni ngezinkampani ezinkulu zokwelapha.
Ukubizwa ngokuthi: mahs-TEEKH-hah
Futhi eyaziwa njenge: gum mastic
Ezinye izipelingi : masticha, mastica, mastihi
Izibonelo: Ukwenza i-mastic ephuphumayo, sebenzisa udoti kanye ne-pestle ukuze ugaye i-resin. Ngenxa yokuthi i-resin ingaba yindilinga, igaya kanye noshukela omncane noma usawoti (kusuka ezingosini zokupheka). "Ukudonsa okulodwa" kwe-mastic powder kusho i-granule eyodwa, emhlabathini.