PISTACHIO See also:NUT , the See also:fruit of Pistacia See also:vera (natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Anacardiaceae), a small See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree which is a native of See also:Syria and generally cultivated in the Mediterranean region. Although a delicious nut and much prized by the Greeks and other Eastern nations, it is not well known in See also:Britain. It is not so large as a See also:hazel nut, but is rather longer and much thinner, and the See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell is covered with a somewhat wrinkled skin. The pistachio nut is the See also:species named in Gen. xliii. 11 (Heb. inh, Ar. botm) as forming See also:part of the See also:present which See also:Joseph's brethren took with them from See also:Canaan, and in See also:Egypt it is still often placed along with sweetmeats and the like in presents of See also:courtesy. The small nut of Pistacia Lentiscus, not larger than a See also:cherry See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, also comes from See also:Smyrna, See also:Constantinople and See also:Greece. P. Lentiscus is the See also:mastic tree, a native of the Mediterranean region, forming a See also:shrub or small tree with See also:evergreen pinnatelycompound leaves with a winged stalk. " Mastic " (from masticare, to chew) is an aromatic resinous exudation obtained by making incisions in the hark. It is chiefly produced in See also:Asia See also:Minor and is used by the See also:Turks as a chewing See also:- GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in
gum. It is also used as a See also:varnish for pictures. P. Terebinthus, the See also:Cyprus See also:turpentine tree, a native of See also:southern See also:Europe, Asia Minor and See also:North See also:Africa, yields turpentine from incisions in the See also:trunk. A See also:gall is produced on this tree, which is used in See also:dyeing and tanning.
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