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    PISTACIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pistacia; Pistacia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Pistacia" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Pistacia"):

    pistachio; pistachio tree; Pistacia vera (small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts)

    Pistacia terebinthus; terebinth (a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine)

    lentisk; mastic; mastic tree; Pistacia lentiscus (an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin)

    Holonyms ("Pistacia" is a member of...):

    Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)

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