puntarella
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian puntarella (“small pointed thing”).
Noun[edit]
puntarella (countable and uncountable, plural puntarelle)
Further reading[edit]
- puntarelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
puntarella f (plural puntarelle)
- diminutive of punta
- (cooking) a form of chicory (Cichorium intybus), specifically the sprouting stems
- Synonym: mazzocchio
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- puntarella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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