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pistou

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pis⋅tou

  [pee-stoo]
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1. a paste or sauce from Provençe made of basil, garlic, olive oil, and sometimes Parmesan cheese and tomato paste.
2. a vegetable soup flavored with pistou.
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pis·tou   (pē-stōō')   
n.  

  1. A sauce made of garlic, basil, olive oil, and often Parmesan, used on pasta or in soups and stews.

  2. A soup or stew flavored with this sauce.


[French, from Provençal, from pestar, to crush, from Old Provençal, from Late Latin pistāre; see piston.]
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