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Definition of Pistacia
1. Noun. A dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Anacardiaceae, Family Anacardiaceae, Sumac Family
Member holonyms: Pistachio, Pistachio Tree, Pistacia Vera, Pistacia Terebinthus, Terebinth, Lentisk, Mastic, Mastic Tree, Pistacia Lentiscus
Definition of Pistacia
1. n. 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.
Definition of Pistacia
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the tree genus ''Pistacia'', including the pistachio. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pistacia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistacia
Literary usage of Pistacia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"I HE genus pistacia is chiefly confined to western Asia, southern Europe, and
northern ... The four principal species are the pistacia vera or true pistacia ..."
2. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1819)
"The pistacia Tree succeeds in dry, calcarious, stony grounds , but shuns a sandy
and a humid soil. In forming plantations care must be taken to possess ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"pistacia terebinthus and pistacia palaestina.—These species will furnish stocks
for pistacia vera, the true pistache nut, a crop which can be made of great ..."
4. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"Tree, pistacia lentiscus. MASTICHINA GALLORUM, Thymus mas- tichina. ...
Inflammation of tho mamma in the childbed woman. MASTIX, see pistacia lentiscus. ..."
5. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"AND THE pistacia NUT (pistacia vera, Linn). " The garden of nuts " [walnuts].
... Carry down...myrrh, nuts [pistacia nuts], and almonds."—GEN. ..."
6. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"... pistacia Terebinthus, Linne". Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. A tall
bush or small tree with deciduous foliage. The fragrant Cyprian or Chio ..."
7. Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"... sen pistacia, ecu north coast of Africa and alto around de dû".—This is usually
adulterated, and Mount Lebanon. is now seldom found in the shops. ..."
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