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pistou

pistou noun: a Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.

pistou: a Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto
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Noun

pistou (usually uncountable, plural pistous)

  1. (usually) A Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.
    • On a November morning, the other side of the 12-foot-long cooking area featured metal organizers filled with endive, bread crumbs, almond butter, mushrooms, shallots, chorizo, chives, purée of purple potatoes, parsley pistou, chestnuts, dried tomatoes and other items that allow the chef to riff at...2007 January 28, Christine Muhlke, “Bistronomy”, in New York Times

Forms of pistou

pluralpistous

Origin of pistou

Borrowed from French pistou.

Questions about pistou

What does pistou mean?
Pistou means a Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.
What part of speech is pistou?
Pistou is a noun.
What is the plural of pistou?
The plural of pistou is pistous.

Words near pistou in the dictionary

  1. pistosaurid
  2. pistosaurids
  3. pistosauroid
  4. pistosauroids
  5. pistosaurs
  6. pistou
  7. pisupo
  8. Pisz
  9. pisé
  10. pisés
  11. pit

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