D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pistacia

· Pis·ta·ci·a · IPA
01 n. The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears the pistachio (Pistacia vera), the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia Lentisc…
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.)