Pistacia

n.

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(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.

Noun

1.

Pistacia - a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit Synonyms: genus Pistacia

Anacardiaceae, dicot genus, family Anacardiaceae, genus Pistacia, magnoliopsid genus, pistachio, pistachio tree, Pistacia terebinthus, Pistacia vera, sumac family, terebinth