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Definition of pistachio noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pistachio

noun
 
/pɪˈstæʃiəʊ/,
 
/pɪˈstɑːʃiəʊ/
 
/pɪˈstæʃiəʊ/,
 
/pɪˈstɑːʃiəʊ/
(plural pistachios)
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  1. (also pistachio nut)
     [countable] the small green nut of an Asian treeTopics Foodc2
  2. [uncountable] a pale green colour
    3. Word Originlate Middle English pistace, from Old French, superseded in the 16th cent. by forms from Italian pistaccio, via Latin from Greek pistakion, from Old Persian.
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