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| durum |
a variety of wheat whose flour is the basic ingredient of spaghetti and other pasta. |
| Parmesan |
a hard dry cheese made from skim milk and usu. grated to garnish other foods such as pasta. |
| pesto |
a sauce of ground fresh basil, pine nuts, garlic, and grated Parmesan cheese mixed with olive oil and served over pasta. |
| vestal |
of, pertaining to, or sacred to the Roman goddess Vesta. [2/4 definitions] |
| vestal virgin |
in ancient Rome, one of the six virgins who vowed to remain chaste and tended the fire in the temple of Vesta. |
| view |
area visible from a particular point, esp. a scenic expanse or landscape; scene; vista. [1/7 definitions] |
| Zend |
a Middle Persian translation and interpretation of the Avesta. |
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