different between nutlike vs pistachio

English

Etymology

nut +? -like

Adjective

nutlike (comparative more nutlike, superlative most nutlike)

1. Resembling a nut

English

Etymology

From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pist?cium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (pistákion), from ??????? (pisták?, “pistachio tree”). Of Iranian origin. Compare Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian ????? (pista), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian ?????? (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic ????? (fustuq), Turkish f?st?k.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?s?tæ?i.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?s?tæ?io?/, /p?s?t??io?/

Noun

pistachio (plural pistachios or pistachioes)

1. A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
2. The nutlike fruit of this tree.
3. (color) A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.

   Synonym: pistachio green

Derived terms

• Chinese pistachio (Pistachia chinensis)
• ground pistachio (Arachis hypogaea)

Translations

Further reading

• pistachio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• pastichio