pistachio

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Water will go to his permanent crops - pistachio, almond and cherry trees - but most of his tomatoes and alfalfa will not be planted.

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  1. noun A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) of central and western Asia, having pinnately compound leaves and dry, drupaceous, nutlike fruits.
  2. noun The nutlike fruit of this tree, having an edible, oily, green or yellow kernel.
  3. noun The flavor of these nuts.

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  • Under the gown, Toohey wore sleeping pyjamas of pistachio-green linen, crumpled. —  The Fountainhead
  • " Clare is eating something pistachio-colored that has several large shrimp poised over it as though they are nearsighted old men reading a newspaper. —  The Time Traveler's Wife
  • I think you should detail a company to stay here, and the rest should return to duty at Inividra, with an experienced captain promoted to overcaptain until the Captain-Commander decides. " —  Scion of Cyador
  • Water will go to his permanent crops - pistachio, almond and cherry trees - but most of his tomatoes and alfalfa will not be planted. —  Macleans.ca
  • HANNA: Are these good pistachio nuts? —  CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2007
 

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  1. Italian pistacchio, from Latin pistacium, pistachio nut, from Greek pistakion, from pistakē, pistachio tree, perhaps from Middle Persian *pistak.

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  1. Formerly pistacho; from Spanish pistacho = French pistache = Pg.pistacha, pistacia = Italian pistacchio, pistacio = Dutch pistasje = German pistazie = Swedish Danish pistacie, from Latin pistacium, pistaceum, the pistachio-nut, pistacia, the pistachio-tree, from Greek πιστάκιον, in plural πιστἀκια, alsoβιστάκια, φιττάκια, ψιττάκια, the fruit of the pistachio-tree, itself called πιστάκη, = Arabic fistaq, fustuq = Hindustani pistah, from Persian pistā, the pistachio-nut.
 

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