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Webster 1913 Edition


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.