fistinut

English

Etymology

Compare Turkish fıstık / فستق. See pistachio.

Noun

fistinut (plural fistinuts)

1. (obsolete, rare) A pistachio nut.
   • 1930, Guide-book for the Excursion of the Second International Congress of Soil Science, volume 1, Moscow: Organizing Committee of the Second International Congress of Soil Science, Public Office of the State Planning Committee of the USSR, page 33:

     The Pistacia mutica (fistinut tree), Cercis siliquastrum, Vitex agnus and othr^[sic] Mediterranian^[sic] species of trees are characteristic for the Southern coast of the Crimea, from the Cape Aya to Kisiltash.

References

“fistinut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.