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Definition of pistachia

pistachia
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.]

Meaning of pistachia from wikipedia

- Pistacia is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It contains 10 to 20 species that are native to Africa and Eurasia from the...
- Pistacia chinensis, the Chinese pistache (Chinese: 黄連木; pinyin: huángliánmù), is a small to medium-sized tree in the genus Pistacia in the cashew family...
- region. On the southern slope of Damavand, there are remnants of wild pistachia trees (Pistacia atlantica). Along its riversides different kinds of Salix...
- fish preparations, based on the distinctively flavored resin of the tree pistachia lentiscus from which it is harvested, are among nationally known culinary...
- Solemyidae Solemya australis Arcidae Acar plicata Barbatia foliata Barbatia pistachia Barbatia parva Striarca sp. Limopsidae Limopsis belcheri Limopsis multistriata...
- parvivillosa (Iredale, 1939) Barbatia perinesa Oliver & Chesney, 1994 Barbatia pistachia (Lamarck, 1819) Barbatia platei (Stempell, 1899) Barbatia plicata (Dillwyn...
- with an isolated po****tion at Albany, Western Australia.) Barbatia pistachia Hairy ark (Lamarck, 1819) (Kimberley, Western Australia, to Queensland...