
Pistacia vera
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Food, Medicinal Plant, Oil, Powder, Russian Folk Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Pistachio (Wiktionary)
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Etymology
From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”). Of Iranian origin. Compare Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته (pista), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (
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