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Define the word Pistacia

"Pistacia" gcide "The 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]

"Pistacia" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

Pistacia
     n : a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae
         having drupaceous fruit [syn: genus Pistacia]