请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

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.
  • Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 1025..
2A pistachio nut. (Frequently treated as plural or as a mass noun.) Now rare.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Palladius' De Re Rustica. From post-classical Latin pistacia.

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/13 15:56:44