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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The nut of the Pistacia vera. It contains a greenish-colored kernel of a pleasant almond-like taste, which is extensively used by the Turks, Greeks, etc., as a dessert-nut or in confections, and is also exported. It yields a wholesome food-oil, which, however, soon becomes rancid. Sometimes called
bladder-nut . Also pistachio, pistacia-nut. SeePistacia .
Examples
“A pistachio-nut recall widened on Tuesday as grocery giant Supervalu Inc. said it would pull all pistachios and products containing the nuts from its shelves amid concern they may be contaminated with salmonella.”
The Wall Street Journal: Pistachio Recall Widens as Grocers Pull Nuts From Shelves
“I will make search for yonder harlot and take her, wherever she is, though it be in the shell of a pistachio-nut, and quench my malice on her! ”
“The pistachio-nut grows wild in the northern mountains, especially between Orfah and Diarbekr.”
“Still higher, in northern Mesopotamia, the mulberry is comparatively rare, but its place is supplied by the walnut, the vine, and the pistachio-nut.”
“But he found the place clean empty and questioned his mother, who told him all that had befallen her; whereupon he bit his hands for regret and exclaimed, "By Allah, I will assuredly make search for the harlot and take her, wherever she is, though it be in the shell of a pistachio-nut, [FN#310] and quench my malice on her!”
“| El pistacho (the pistachio-nut) | El mango (the mango) |”
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