Dictionary entry

PIST

Webster's Dictionary 1828

PIST

PISTA'CHIO, noun [Latin pistachia.] The nut of the Pistacia terebinthus or turpentine tree, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, of a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yielding a well tasted oil. It is wholesome and nutritive. The tree grows in Syria, Arabia and Persia.