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romanesco¹

noun romanescos

  1. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Romanesco

Romanesco²

  • /ɹəʊ.məˈnɛs.kəʊ/ UK
  • /ɹoʊ.məˈnɛs.koʊ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian romanesco (“of or pertaining to Rome”).

noun Romanescos · romanesco

  1. countable, uncountable Romanesco broccoli, a light-green edible flower bud of certain forms of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, which is thus related to broccoli and cauliflower. Its form is a natural approximation of a fractal. To be honest, this hasn't been my Garden of Eden year. […] The lettuce turned bitter and bolted. The Green Comet broccoli was good, but my coveted Romanescos never headed up.

proper noun romanesco

  1. The dialect of the Italian language spoken in Rome.

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@misc{romanesco_2026,
  title = {romanesco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/romanesco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}