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pes⋅to
[pes-toh] 
toʊ
–noun Italian Cookery.
| a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat. |
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| pes·to (pěs'tō) n. A sauce consisting of usually fresh basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated cheese. [Italian, from past participle of pistare, pestare, to pound; see piston.] |
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pesto
olive oil-based pasta sauce, 1937, from It. pesto, contracted form of pestato, pp. of pestare "to pound, to crush," in ref. to the crushed herbs and garlic in it, from L. root of pestle.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : pesto
Spanish:
cubo,
German:
die Radnabe,
Japanese:
こしき
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