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pistachio nut

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pis⋅tach⋅i⋅o

[pi-stash-ee-oh, -stah-shee-oh]
–noun, plural -chi⋅os.
1. the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
2. the kernel itself, used for flavoring.
3. the tree itself.
4. pistachio nut flavor.
5. pistachio green.
Also, pis⋅tache [pi-stash] , pistachio nut (for defs. 1, 2).


Origin:
1375–1425; < It pistacchio < L pistācium < Gk pistákion pistachio nut, dim. of pistákē pistachio tree < MPers *pistak (Pers pista); r. late ME pistace < MF < L, as above
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pistachio 
1598, from It. pistacchio, from L. pistacium "pistachio nut," from Gk. pistakion, from pistake "pistachio tree," from Pers. pista "pistachio tree." Borrowed earlier (1533) as pystace, from O.Fr. form pistace (13c.).
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