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مستكة

English translation: Gum

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Arabic term or phrase:مستكة
English translation:Gum
Entered by: Fuad Yahya

10:17 Nov 23, 2005
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Science - Food & Drink
Arabic term or phrase: مستكة
مستكا أو مستكة

حليب مستكة


Thank you
muhammad turman
United States
Local time: 05:06
Gum Arabica
Explanation:
Crystallized gum Arabica. Sometimes incorrectly translated as musk, which is المسك and not مستكة.
Used in North Africa as a very expensive, sugerless chewing gum.

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-11-23 10:37:39 GMT)
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Have a look at this: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:nmx5wfzbuVgJ:www.cafecr...


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Note added at 30 mins (2005-11-23 10:47:47 GMT)
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and here as well: http://www.foodsubs.com/Misc.html
Also, there seems to be a bit of a confusion between it and mastic (see here http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mastic23.html). Mastic is obtained from a small tree called Pistacia lentiscus (of the sumac family), found chiefly in Mediterranean countries. When the bark of the tree is injured, the resin exudes in drops (like gum Arabica). It is transparent and pale yellow to green in color. 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.
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Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 19:06
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Gum Arabica
Sam Berner
4mastic gum, or gum mastic
Fuad Yahya


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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
مستكة
Gum Arabica


Explanation:
Crystallized gum Arabica. Sometimes incorrectly translated as musk, which is المسك and not مستكة.
Used in North Africa as a very expensive, sugerless chewing gum.

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-11-23 10:37:39 GMT)
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Have a look at this: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:nmx5wfzbuVgJ:www.cafecr...


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Note added at 30 mins (2005-11-23 10:47:47 GMT)
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and here as well: http://www.foodsubs.com/Misc.html
Also, there seems to be a bit of a confusion between it and mastic (see here http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mastic23.html). Mastic is obtained from a small tree called Pistacia lentiscus (of the sumac family), found chiefly in Mediterranean countries. When the bark of the tree is injured, the resin exudes in drops (like gum Arabica). It is transparent and pale yellow to green in color. 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.


Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 19:06
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PRO pts in category: 12
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agree  ocean2gulf
6 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Dina Abdo: I also found it written in English as mustic and mastic, but when searching these words definitions the indicate nothing related to gum. So guess they are just transliterating words.
7 mins
  -> Well, both are chewed as gum, Dina. The difference is in the trees from which they come.
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
مستكة
mastic gum, or gum mastic


Explanation:
Gum mastic and gum arabic are two different gums. For information on gum mastic, follow this link:

http://www.greek-recipe.com/static/articles/gum-mastic.html

For information on gum arabic, follow this link:

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200502/gum.arabic.htm

Fuad Yahya
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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