PISTACHIO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pistachio mean? 

• PISTACHIO (noun)
  The noun PISTACHIO has 2 senses:

1. small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

2. nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel

  Familiarity information: PISTACHIO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PISTACHIO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pistachio; pistachio tree; Pistacia vera

Hypernyms ("pistachio" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "pistachio"):

pistachio; pistachio nut (nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel)

Holonyms ("pistachio" is a member of...):

genus Pistacia; Pistacia (a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

pistachio; pistachio nut

Hypernyms ("pistachio" is a kind of...):

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Holonyms ("pistachio" is a part of...):

pistachio; pistachio tree; Pistacia vera (small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts)

 Context examples 

In their studies, ARS scientists found the calorie uptake from pistachios was 22.6 calories per gram, which is 5 percent less than the currently accepted 23.7 calories per gram.

(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Pistachio oil is used as a food oil.

(Pistachio Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

An ounce of pistachios has 161.9 calories, but only 153.8 calories are bioavailable.

(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

In their study, they found that pistachios lowered LDL cholesterol by 6 percent but didn’t significantly change total plasma cholesterol.

(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)