genus Pistacia

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