PISTACIA VERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pistacia vera mean? 

• PISTACIA VERA (noun)
  The noun PISTACIA VERA has 1 sense:

1. small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

  Familiarity information: PISTACIA VERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PISTACIA VERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pistachio; pistachio tree; Pistacia vera

Hypernyms ("Pistacia vera" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "Pistacia vera"):

pistachio; pistachio nut (nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel)

Holonyms ("Pistacia vera" is a member of...):

genus Pistacia; Pistacia (a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the fruit of Pistacia vera.

(Pistachio Oil, NCI Thesaurus)