radicchio
nounUS /ɹəˈdi.kjoʊ/
Etymology Borrowed from Italian radicchio.
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A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
- 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.1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage, published 1998, page 163:
- Radicchio is a savory green that adds sharpness and substance to salads and side dishes.2012, Marie Iannotti, The Beginner's Guide to Growing Heirloom Vegetables, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 190: