عِلْكٌ

[Resin;] a certain thing that is chewed; (S, O;) the صَمْغ [meaning resin] of the صَنَوْبَر and of the أَرْزَة and of the فُسْتُق and of the سَرْو and of the يَنْبُوت and of the بُطْم; the last of which is the best of these; (K, TA;) like لُبَان [or frankincense], which is chewed and is not thereby liquefied; (TA;) heating, diuretic, and strengthening to the venereal faculty; (K, TA;) any صَمْغ [or resin] that is chewed, consisting of frankincense (لُبَان) and of other sorts, and that does not flow [in consequence of its being chewed]: (Msb:) plural [of mult.] عُلُوكٌ (Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَعْلاَكٌ. (Msb, TA.)