pistachio-nut

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.

Pistachio Recall Widens as Grocers Pull Nuts From Shelves 2009

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 Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879

The pistachio-nut grows wild in the northern mountains, especially between Orfah and Diarbekr.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

Still higher, in northern Mesopotamia, the mulberry is comparatively rare, but its place is supplied by the walnut, the vine, and the pistachio-nut.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

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!"

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

| El pistacho (the pistachio-nut) | El mango (the mango) |

Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano