pistacia

Noun
Synonyms: Pistaciagenus Pistacia

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruitSynonyms: Pistaciagenus Pistacia
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pistacia \Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [NL. See Pistachio.] (Bot.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio (Pistacia vera), the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species (Pistacia Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine. [1913 Webster]
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