n. <美>[食](浇在面条或通心粉等上的)香蒜沙司,香蒜酱

[ noun ]
a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil
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pesto \pes"to\ (p[e^]s"t[-o]), n. [It. pesto, pounded, from
pestare to pound, crush, fr. LL. pistare, fr. pinsere. See
also {pestle}.] (Cookery)
A sauce used in Italian cuisine, typically made by blending
olive oil, basil, garlic, pine nuts, and grated parmesan
cheese; it is served hot or cold over pasta, meat, or fish.
Where pine nuts are expensive, sunflower seeds are sometimes
substituted.
[PJC]