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Pistacia
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Pis-ta′ci-a
,Noun.
[NL. See
Pistachio
.] (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.