pistacia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit
    genus Pistacia.

WordNet

Pis*ta"ci*a noun
Etymology
NL. See Pistachio.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913