escarole
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escarole
- /ˈɛskəɹəʊl/ UK
- /-ɹɒl/ UK
- /ˈɛskəɹoʊl/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French escarole, from Italian scariola, scarola (“chicory; endive”), from Late Latin escariola, scariola, from Latin ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table”) (from edō (“to eat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ola (from -olus, -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of scariole.
noun escaroles
- A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable. Endive, or Chicory—This, for salad, takes the same place in winter that lettuce occupies in summer and when well grown is equally valuable. There are two very distinct varieties; [...] The other sort is the "Escarole" of the French, and is sweet in flavor, with a wider and flatter leaf, which comes
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noun subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
| Français | escarole, scarole |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Eskariol, Glatte Endivie, Winterendivie |
| Italiano | scarola |
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