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Definition of: pistachio
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(pis·tä′shē·ō, -tash′ē·ō) noun plural ·chi·os
1. The edible nut of a small tree (genus Pistacia) of western Asia and the Levant.
2. The tree.
3. The flavor produced by, or a delicacy flavored with the pistachio nut.
4. A delicate shade of green, the color of the pistachio nut. Also pis·tache′ (-täsh′). [<Ital. pistacchio <L pistacium <Gk. pistakion <pistakē a pistachio tree, prob. <OPersian pistah a pistachio nut]
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