Basil vs Pistou - What's the difference?
basil | pistou |
A plant (Ocimum basilicum ).
The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
Any other species in the genus Ocimum .
To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
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
, 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. }}
As an acronym basil
is biphasic acid scavenging]] [[utilise|utilising ionic liquids.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)Synonyms
* (plant) albahaca, , sweet basilDerived terms
* Asian basil * basil thyme * holy basil * Lao basil * lemon basil * sweet basil * Thai basil * wild basilExternal links
* ("basil" on Wikipedia) * (Ocimum) * (Ocimum)Etymology 2
Variant of bezel?Verb
- (Moxon)
Synonyms
* bevel, sharpenEtymology 3
Corrupted from (etyl) basan, (etyl) basane, (lena) basanium, from (etyl), properly "lining".Synonyms
* basan, bazil (Webster 1913)Anagrams
* ----pistou
English
(wikipedia pistou)Noun
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