Pistachia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The small anacardiaceous tree ({Pistacia vera}), of
        southern Europe and Asia Minor, which bears the pistachio
        nut. Called also {pistache}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. (Cookery) The flavor of the pistachio nut, or an ice or
        confection flavored with it.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. Pistachio green.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]