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Basil vs Pistou - What's the difference?

basil | pistou |

As an acronym basil

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As a noun pistou is

a cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil.

basil

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) basile, from .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A plant (Ocimum basilicum ).
  • The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  • Any other species in the genus Ocimum .
  • Synonyms
    * (plant) albahaca, , sweet basil
    Derived terms
    * Asian basil * basil thyme * holy basil * Lao basil * lemon basil * sweet basil * Thai basil * wild basil

    Etymology 2

    Variant of bezel?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
  • Verb

  • To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
  • (Moxon)
    Synonyms
    * bevel, sharpen

    Etymology 3

    Corrupted from (etyl) basan, (etyl) basane, (lena) basanium, from (etyl), properly "lining".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
  • Synonyms
    * basan, bazil (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    pistou

    English

    (wikipedia pistou)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 28, author=Christine Muhlke, title=Bistronomy, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=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 high speed. }}

    Coordinate terms

    * (l) * (l)