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PISTACIA VERA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

Synonyms:

pistachio; pistachio tree; Pistacia vera

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Nouns denoting plants

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

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "Pistacia vera"):

pistachio; pistachio nut (nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel)

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

genus Pistacia; Pistacia (a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit)

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