noun. Same as pistachio.

noun. The anacardiaceous tree Pistacia vera, which yields the pistachio nut; also, the nut itself and the flavoring extract prepared from it. Called also pistachio.

"You strain off the water and, after seconds instead of the laborious minutes of hand labor this task used to take, you are ready to make the famous Provençal "pistache" of lamb with 50 garlic cloves that you might have otherwise shrunk from cooking."

pistachio