Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Pistachio
Pis-ta′chio
,Noun.
[It.
pistacchio
(cf. Sp. pistacho
, F. pistache
), fr. L. pistacium
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], fr. Per. pistah
. Cf. Fistinut
.] (Bot.)
The nut of the
Pistacia vera
, a tree of the order Anacardiaceæ
, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of agreeable taste and odor; – called also pistachio nut
. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Arabia, Persia, Syria, and Sicily. [Written also
pistachia
.]