- The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order
Anacardiaceae, 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.
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