radicchio
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radicchio
- /ɹəˈdi.kjoʊ/ US
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Borrowed from Italian radicchio.
noun radicchios
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A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets.
Similar: Italian chicory
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Talk about this word "radicchio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/radicchio. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. radicchio. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/radicchio "radicchio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/radicchio.Cite this
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title = {radicchio},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/radicchio},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
