Pistachio

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) of central and western Asia, having pinnately compound leaves and dry, drupaceous, nutlike fruits.
  • n. The nutlike fruit of this tree, having an edible, oily, green or yellow kernel.
  • n. The flavor of these nuts.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A deciduous tree, Pistacia vera, grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit
  • n. The nutlike fruit of this tree
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceæ, 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.
  • n. The small anacardiaceous tree (Pistacia vera), of southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio nut. Called also pistache.
  • n. The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or confection flavored with it.
  • n. Pistachio green.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as pistachio-nut.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts
  • n. nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel
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    nut tree    edible nut   
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