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Pistacia

pistacia

(Science: botany) 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.

Origin: NL. See Pistachio.


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