单词 | pistacia |
释义 | pistacia/pɪˈsteɪʃ(ɪ)ə/noun 1Originally: the pistachio tree, Pistacia vera. Later also (in form Pistacia): a genus of the family Anacardiaceae comprising trees and large shrubs native to the Mediterranean region, central and western Asia, and North and Central America, and including a number of species valued for their edible seeds and resins, such as the pistachio, the mastic tree P. lentiscus, and the terebinth, P. terebinthus; (also pistacia) a member of this genus.
2A pistachio nut. (Frequently treated as plural or as a mass noun.) Now rare. OriginLate Middle English; earliest use found in Palladius' De Re Rustica. From post-classical Latin pistacia. |
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