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Pistacia
‖
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. Definition 2025
Pistacia
Pistacia
Translingual
Proper noun
Pistacia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Anacardiaceae – trees and shrubs, including those that produce pistachios and mastic.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Sapindales - order; Anacardiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pistacia vera - type species; for other species see
Pistacia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or 
Pistacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
pistacia
pistacia
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πιστακία (pistakía)
Noun
pistācia f (genitive pistāciae); first declension
- A pistachio tree
Declension
First declension
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pistācia | pistāciae |
| genitive | pistāciae | pistāciārum |
| dative | pistāciae | pistāciīs |
| accusative | pistāciam | pistāciās |
| ablative | pistāciā | pistāciīs |
| vocative | pistācia | pistāciae |
Related terms
- pistācium (“pistacio nut”)
Noun
pistācia
References
- pistacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press