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PISTACHIO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel

Synonyms:

pistachio; pistachio nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pistachio; pistachio tree; Pistacia vera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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