puntarella

Borrowed from Italian puntarella (“small pointed thing”).

puntarella (countable and uncountable, plural puntarelle)

1. A type of Italian chicory.

•   puntarelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

 

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Cicoria asparago

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From punta +‎ -ella.

• IPA^(key): /pun.taˈrɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: pun‧ta‧rèl‧la

puntarella f (plural puntarelle)

1. diminutive of punta
2. (cooking) a form of chicory (Cichorium intybus), specifically the sprouting stems

   Synonym: mazzocchio

• catalogna
• cicoria asparago

• puntarella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana