Pistachio
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
- 2 nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel wordnet
- 3 The nutlike fruit of this tree.
- 4 small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts wordnet
- 5 A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.
Example
More examples"On the day before my birthday of 2022, I ate a Yummy Meat pizza at the pizzeria, and at the cafe, I drank a glass of black iced tea and I tried a cup of pistachio latte with oat milk. I told the Vietnamese barista Jessica there that I could really taste the pistachio in it."
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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