puntarella
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian puntarella (“small pointed thing”).
Noun
puntarella (countable and uncountable, plural puntarelle)
- A type of Italian chicory.
Further reading
puntarelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
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puntarelle
Etymology
From punta + -ella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pun.taˈrɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: pun‧ta‧rèl‧la
Noun
puntarella f (plural puntarelle)
- Diminutive of punta
- (cooking) a form of chicory (Cichorium intybus), specifically the sprouting stems
- Synonym: mazzocchio
See also
- catalogna
- cicoria asparago
Further reading
- puntarella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana