pistachio nut : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pistachio nut	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pistachio nut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pistachio nut n nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel Synonym(s): pistachio, pistachio nut
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho, F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. [?], [?], fr. Per. pistah. Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.) The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order {Anacardiace[91]}, 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. [Written also {pistachia}.]