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pistachio

US /pɪˈstæʃ.i.oʊ/ 
UK /pɪˈstæʃ.i.əʊ/ 

A nut with a hard shell containing a green seed that can be eaten

pistachio - پسته
Persian equivalent: 

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Example: 

For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
types of edible nut
Level: 
A2 (Elementary)
Region: 
American English
British English

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

pistachio

pis‧ta‧chi‧o /pəˈstɑːʃiəʊ, pɪˈstɑːʃiəʊ $ pəˈstæʃioʊ/ BrE AmE noun (plural pistachios) [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Italian; Origin: pistacchio, from Latin, from Greek pistakion, from pistake 'pistachio tree', from Persian pistah]
a small green nut:
pistachio ice cream

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pistachio

pis·ta·chio [pistachio pistachios]   [pɪˈstæʃiəʊ]    [pɪˈstæʃioʊ]    [pɪˈstɑːʃiəʊ]    [pɪˈstɑːʃioʊ]  noun
(pl. pis·ta·chios)

1. (also piˈstachio nut) countable the small green nut of an Asian tree

2. uncountable a pale green colour 
Word Origin:

late Middle English pistace, from Old French, superseded in the 16th cent. by forms from Italian pistaccio, via Latin from Greek pistakion, from Old Persian.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

pistachio (nut) / pɪˈstæʃ.i.əʊˌnʌt /   / -oʊ- / noun [ C ]

a nut with a hard shell containing a green seed that can be eaten

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

pistachio

/pɪstætʃioʊ/
(pistachios)

Pistachios or pistachio nuts are small, green, edible nuts.

N-VAR

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

pistachio

pis·ta·chio /pəˈstæʃijoʊ/ noun, pl -chios [count] : a small green nut - often used before another noun
• pistachio ice cream

noun
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