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PISTACHIO NUT

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 653 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PISTACHIO See also:

NUT , the See also:fruit of Pistacia See also:vera (natural See also:order Anacardiaceae), a small See also:tree which is a native of See also:Syria and generally cultivated in the Mediterranean region. Although a delicious nut and much prized by the Greeks and other Eastern nations, it is not well known in See also:Britain. It is not so large as a See also:hazel nut, but is rather longer and much thinner, and the See also:shell is covered with a somewhat wrinkled skin. The pistachio nut is the See also:species named in Gen. xliii. 11 (Heb. inh, Ar. botm) as forming See also:part of the See also:present which See also:Joseph's brethren took with them from See also:Canaan, and in See also:Egypt it is still often placed along with sweetmeats and the like in presents of See also:courtesy. The small nut of Pistacia Lentiscus, not larger than a See also:cherry See also:stone, also comes from See also:Smyrna, See also:Constantinople and See also:Greece. P. Lentiscus is the See also:mastic tree, a native of the Mediterranean region, forming a See also:shrub or small tree with See also:evergreen pinnatelycompound leaves with a winged stalk. " Mastic " (from masticare, to chew) is an aromatic resinous exudation obtained by making incisions in the hark. It is chiefly produced in See also:Asia See also:Minor and is used by the See also:Turks as a chewing See also:gum. It is also used as a See also:varnish for pictures. P.

Terebinthus, the See also:

Cyprus See also:turpentine tree, a native of See also:southern See also:Europe, Asia Minor and See also:North See also:Africa, yields turpentine from incisions in the See also:trunk. A See also:gall is produced on this tree, which is used in See also:dyeing and tanning.

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