Pistacia \Pis*ta"ci*a\, n. [NL. See {Pistachio}.] (Bot.) 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.
Pistacia n : a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit [syn: {genus Pistacia}]