Definition of Pistachio nut

1. Noun. Nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel.

Exact synonyms: Pistachio
Generic synonyms: Edible Nut
Group relationships: Pistachio, Pistachio Tree, Pistacia Vera

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistachio Nut

pistache
pistaches
pistachio
pistachio green
pistachio nut (current term)
pistachio tree
pistachioes
pistachios
pistacia
pistacias
pistacite
pistacites
pistareen
pistareens
pistazite
pistazites
piste
pistes
pistia

Literary usage of Pistachio nut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"The fruit is a dry drupe with an oily seed, which, freed from the pericarp, is known in commerce as the pistachio-nut or green almond, and is extensively ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... having a specific gravity of 0.930. 3. Pistacia vera, Linn. The kernels of the pistachio nut yield a greenish aromatic oil known as pistachio nut oil. ..."

3. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"The fruit is a dry drupe with an oily seed, which, freed from the pericarp, is known in commerce as the pistachio-nut or green almond, and is extensively ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... having a specific gravity of 0.930. 3. Pistacia vera, Linn. The kernels of the pistachio nut yield a greenish aromatic oil known as pistachio nut oil. ..."

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