pistachio
- noun
- /pɪˈstæʃioʊ/
- Okay, better go finish pruning up our experimental pistachio block.
- pistachio tree
Examples
-
That is pistachio?
-
The farms produced promising yields of apricot, peach, and pistachio trees and inspired other desert farming projects.
Academic text (2008) -
I ate a closed pistachio.
-
Is this pistachio?
-
Here our Grinch themed pistachio crinkle cookies.
-
It is again fermented pistachio that tastes like pistachio but has notes of umami.
-
This is like I've done like videos of taste tests of like pistachios, like wonderful pistachios.
-
Then he becomes solemn and touches the pistachio on a ghrabi with a thick forefinger, taps it several times, then removes it.
Fiction book (1990) -
Chili Peppers, watermelons, strawberries, honey, figs, pistachios, bananas.
-
I love snacking on pistachio nuts while watching movies.
Synonyms
A small tree that produces hard-shelled nuts people eat
A small tree that produces edible pistachio nuts
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pistachio comes from a Middle Eastern name for the plant and passed into English via Greek pistakion and Italian pistacchio. That's why pistachio can also mean the 'tree' that produces those nuts.