PESTO

pesto

(noun) a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)

A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino)

Coordinate terms

• persillade

• pistou

Anagrams

• ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, stope, topes

Source: Wiktionary



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