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RADICCHIO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does radicchio mean?
• RADICCHIO (noun)
The noun RADICCHIO has 1 sense:
1. prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves
Familiarity information: RADICCHIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("radicchio" is a kind of...):
chicory; curly endive (crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste)
Context examples
The red color in spring mixes is currently provided by red lettuce, radicchio or chard.
(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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