pistacchio

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noun

Dated spelling of pistachio.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounpistacchio (countable and uncountable, plural pistacchios)

plural pistacchios

  1. countableuncountableDated spelling of pistachio.

    Chocolate, coffee and mocha are the leaders, followed by almond, pistacchio and raspberry.

    1948 March 25, Jane Nickerson, “News of Food: Delicacies of Noted Inn at Garrison Are Now Available by Mail and at Store”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
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    I also liked the nut-flavored chestnut gelato; the panna cotta al pistaccio con vincotto al cioccolato, even though there wasn’t much evidence of pistacchio; […]

    2011 March 25, Patricia Brooks, “Regional Italian, by Day and Night”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2019

    South of Etna, two destination cake shops are worth making time for: Russo in Santa Venerina (between Taormina and Catania) does delicious almond or pistacchio biscuits and an exquisite cotognata (quince jelly); […]

    2015 October 7, Lee Marshall, “Sicily shopping”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2016
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APA

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Chicago

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