pistacia vera

4 definitions found

pistacia vera - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

  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.]

pistacia vera - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Pistacia vera
      n 1: small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small
           hard-shelled nuts [syn: pistachio, Pistacia vera,
           pistachio tree]