tigella

English

Etymology 1

From French tige stem or stock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈdʒɛlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

tigella (plural tigellae)

1. (botany) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.

Synonyms

• tigelle

Etymology 2

Italian tigella

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈdʒɛlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

tigella (plural tigelle)

1. (cooking) A small, round or crescent-shaped bread from the Apennines in the Modena area of northern Italy.

Synonyms

• crescentina, crescenta
• tigelle

References

• “tigella”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• gallite, tillage