Pistacia
Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [NL. See Pistachio.] (Bot.) The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentiscus), and the species (P. Terebinthus) which yields Chian or Cyprus turpentine.| pistacia | |
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| a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit |