Look up: pistachio

1. pistachio
   Deciduous tree of the cashew family, native to Europe and Asia, whose green nuts are eaten salted or used to enhance and flavour food, especially ice cream. (Genus Pistacia vera, family Anacardiaceae.)
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2. pistachio
   [n] - small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts 2. [n] - nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel
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3. pistachio
   the edible pale green seed of an evergreen tree,Pistacia vera,bearing small brownish-green flowers and ovoid reddish fruits Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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4. Pistachio
   (pis-ta-shioh).--A pale greenish nut resembling an almond.
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5. Pistachio
   Pis·ta'chio noun [ Italian pistacchio (cf. Spanish pistacho , French pistache ), from Latin pistacium , Greek ..., ..., from Persian pistah . Confer Fistinut .] (Botany) The nut of the Pistacia ver...
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6. Pistachio
   Pis·ta'chio noun 1. The small anacardiaceous tree, of southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio nut. 2. (Cookery) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or confection flavored with it. 3. Pistachio green.
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7. pistachio
   <botany> The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish colour, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odour; called also pistachio nut. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree...
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8. pistachio
   pistachio nut noun nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel
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9. pistachio
   Pistacia vera noun small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts
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10. Pistachio
    • (n.) Pistachio green. • (n.) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or confection flavored with it. • (n.) The small anacardiaceous tree, of southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio nut. • (n.) The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae...
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11. pistachio
    (from the article `Anacardiaceae`) ...regions. Members of the family have resin ducts in the bark, leaves usually composed of leaflets in various arrangements, flowers often with only ... ...tree, or terebinth (P. terebinthus), produce sweet-smelling gums used in medicine. Mastic also is used in liqueurs and varnishes. Commercial ... ...
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12. pistachio
    pistachio (pistăsh'ēō, pistä'shēō) , tree or shrub (of the genus Pistacia) of the family Anacardiaceae (sumac family). The species that yields the pistachio nut of commerce is P. vera, native to SW Asia. It is now cultivated on a small scale in parts of the...
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13. Pistachio
    The pistachio (Pistacia vera) is a deciduous tree native to Syria growing to about six metres in height, and bearing in spring brownish-green flowers, followed by ovate, reddish fruit, with bright green kernels (pistachio nuts) that taste not unlike sweet almonds.
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14. Pistachio
    The `pistachio`, `Pistacia vera` in the Anacardiaceae family, is a small tree originally from Persia (Iran), which now can also be found in to regions of Syria, Turkey, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Egypt, India, Sicily and possibly Afghanistan (especially in the provinces of Sa...
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