Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pistachia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pistachio \Pis*ta"chio\, n. [It. pistacchio (cf. Sp. pistacho,
F. pistache), fr. L. pistacium, Gr. ?, ?, fr. Per. pistah.
Cf. {Fistinut}.] (Bot.)
The nut of the {Pistacia vera}, a tree of the order
{Anacardiace[ae]}, 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}.]
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