Pistacia

Pis`ta´ci`a

n.

1.

(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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Pistacia - a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit genus Pistacia dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Anacardiaceae, family Anacardiaceae, sumac family - the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac pistachio, pistachio tree, Pistacia vera - small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts Pistacia terebinthus, terebinth - a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine lentisk, mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus, mastic - an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin