Found 2 items, similar to Pistacia vera.
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Definition: Pistacia vera
Pistacia vera
n : small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small
hard-shelled nuts [syn:
pistachio,
pistachio tree]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pistacia vera
Pistache
\Pis*tache"\, n. [OE. pistace, fr. F. pistache. See
Pistachio.] (Bot.)
The anacardiaceous tree
Pistacia vera, which yields the
pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract
prepared from it. Called also
pistachio.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Pistachio
\Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho,
F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. ?, ?, fr. Per. pistah.
Cf.
Fistinut.] (Bot.)
The nut of the
Pistacia vera, a tree of the order
Anacardiace[ae], containing a kernel of a pale greenish
color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the
almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; --
called also
pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive.
The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written
also
pistachia.]
[1913 Webster]
2. The small anacardiaceous tree (
Pistacia vera), of
southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio
nut. Called also
pistache.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (Cookery) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or
confection flavored with it.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. Pistachio green.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Pistachio
\Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho,
F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. ?, ?, fr. Per. pistah.
Cf.
Fistinut.] (Bot.)
The nut of the
Pistacia vera, a tree of the order
Anacardiace[ae], containing a kernel of a pale greenish
color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the
almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; --
called also
pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive.
The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written
also
pistachia.]
[1913 Webster]
2. The small anacardiaceous tree (
Pistacia vera), of
southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio
nut. Called also
pistache.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (Cookery) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or
confection flavored with it.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. Pistachio green.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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.
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