·noun 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.
pistācĭa, ae, f., = πιστακία, a pistachio-tree , Pall. 3, 25, 33. ...
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