Pistacia \Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [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.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Pistacia \Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [NL. See Pistachio.]
(Bot.)
The name of a genus of trees, including the tree which bears
the pistachio, the Mediterranean mastic tree (Pistacia
Lentiscus), and the species (P. Terebinthus) which yields
Chian or Cyprus turpentine.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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