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pistache

pistache is the archaic form of pistachio.

Meaning of pistachio

Noun

pistachio (countable and uncountable, 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.
    • We topped ours with pistachio and mint, but this pudding is typically decorated with aromatic jasmine blossoms, a floral nod to summer’s end.2025 August 27, David Tanis, “This 20-Minute Shrimp Curry Will Wow Everyone Who Tries It”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
    Synonyms:
    pista
  3. A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.
    Synonyms:
    pistachio green

Forms of pistache

pluralpistaches

Questions about pistache

What is pistache the archaic form of?
Pistache is the archaic form of pistachio.

Words near pistache in the dictionary

  1. pissy-pants
  2. pist
  3. pista
  4. pistacchio
  5. pistacchios
  6. pistache
  7. pistaches
  8. pistachio
  9. pistachio green
  10. pistachio greens
  11. pistachio nut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pistache (page history and authors); pistachio (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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