Radicchio

Quick meaning: Radicchio is a noun meaning A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.

Meaning

A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.

Example Sentences

Radicchio is a savory green that adds sharpness and substance to salads and side dishes.

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.

Word Forms

• radicchios

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include treviso, chicory, radish, succory, endive, chard.

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