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 Definitions of pistachio  [ɪˈstæʃ iˌoʊ, -ˈstɑ ʃiˌoʊ]  

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Definition of 'pistachio' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pistachio
the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.

2.  pistachio
the tree itself.

3.  pistachio
a light or medium shade of yellow-green.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; < It pistacchio < L pistācium < Gk pistákion pistachio nut, dim. of pistákē pistachio tree < MPers *pistak (Pers pista))

Definition of 'pistachio' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pistachio, Pistacia vera, pistachio tree
small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

2. (noun) pistachio, pistachio nut
nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel


Definition of 'pistachio' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) pistachio
the nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; -- called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily


Translation of 'pistachio' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a greenish nut used as flavouring for food.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pistasie Arabic flag Arabic: فُسْتُقَه، شَجَر الفُسْتُ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шам-фъстък
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pistache Czech flag Czech: pistácie German flag German: die Pistazie
Danish flag Danish: pistacienød Greek flag Greek: φιστίκι Spanish flag Spanish: pistacho
Estonian flag Estonian: pistaatsiamandel Farsi flag Farsi: پسته Finnish flag Finnish: pistaasi
French flag French: pistache Hebrew flag Hebrew: פִיסטוּק Hindi flag Hindi: पिस्ता
Croatian flag Croatian: pistacija Hungarian flag Hungarian: pisztácia Indonesian flag Indonesian: buah kenari hijau
Icelandic flag Icelandic: pistasíuhneta Italian flag Italian: pistacchio Japanese flag Japanese: ピスタチオ
Korean flag Korean: 피스타치오 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pistacija Latvian flag Latvian: pistācija
Malay flag Malay: kacang pistasio Dutch flag Dutch: pistache Norwegian flag Norwegian: pistasienøtt
Polish flag Polish: pistacja Persian flag Persian: پسته Pashto flag Pashto: پسته
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pistácio Romanian flag Romanian: fistic Russian flag Russian: фисташка
Slovak flag Slovak: pistácia Slovenian flag Slovenian: pistacija Serbian flag Serbian: pistać
Swedish flag Swedish: pistasch Thai flag Thai: เม็ดพิสทาชิโอ Turkish flag Turkish: antep fıstığı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 開心果(一種堅果) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: фісташка Urdu flag Urdu: پِستہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quả hồ trăn Chinese flag Chinese: 开心果(阿月浑子树的果实)

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