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Pistachio

//pɪsˈtæʃioʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
  2. 2
    nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel wordnet
  3. 3
    The nutlike fruit of this tree.
  4. 4
    small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts wordnet
  5. 5
    A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.

Etymology

From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”). Of Iranian origin. Compare Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته (peste), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq), Turkish fıstık.

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