pistachio
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pis·ta·chi·o /pəˈstɑːʃiəʊ $ pəˈstæʃioʊ/ noun (plural pistachios) [countable] HBPDFFa small green nut 阿月浑子，开心果 pistachio ice cream 开心果冰激凌 →5 see picture at 见图 nut1
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pistachio• She eats a pistachio nut, and fastens her locket.• Apricots require 700 to 1000 hours; peaches range from 650 to 850 hours and pistachios need 600 to 800 hours.• There was a scent of waxed oak and pistachios.• For the past 30 years Aegina has been producing about the best pistachios in the world.• His lips looked red, as if he had eaten too many pistachios.• Stir in eggs, parsley, thyme, chives, pecans, pistachios, and walnuts.• Fold in the pistachios. 4.• The nice bowls of nuts here are heavily laced with pistachios.Origin pistachio (1400-1500) Italian pistacchio, from Latin, from Greek pistakion, from pistake “pistachio tree”, from Persian pistahpis·ta·chi·o nounChineseSyllable
Corpus small nut a green
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pistachio
pis‧ta‧chi‧o /pəˈstɑːʃiəʊ, pɪˈstɑːʃiəʊ $ pəˈstæʃioʊ/
noun (plural pistachios) [countable]
pistachio ice cream
pis‧ta‧chi‧o /pəˈstɑːʃiəʊ, pɪˈstɑːʃiəʊ $ pəˈstæʃioʊ/
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:Language: Italian
Origin: pistacchio, from Latin, from Greek pistakion, from pistake 'pistachio tree', from Persian pistah
