ESCAROLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does escarole mean? 

• ESCAROLE (noun)
  The noun ESCAROLE has 1 sense:

1. variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

  Familiarity information: ESCAROLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESCAROLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

chicory escarole; endive; escarole

Hypernyms ("escarole" is a kind of...):

salad green; salad greens (greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "escarole"):

Belgian endive; French endive; witloof (young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head)

Holonyms ("escarole" is a part of...):

Cichorium endivia; endive; witloof (widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched)