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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