radichetta

ra·dic·chi·o

[rah-dee-kee-oh, ruh-]
noun
a variety of chicory originating in Italy, having a compact head of reddish, white-streaked leaves: leaves and roots may be cooked or used raw in salads.
Also, ra·di·chi·o.
Also called ra·di·chet·ta [rah-di-ket-uh] .


Origin:
< Italian

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radicchio (ræˈdiːkɪəʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -chios
an Italian variety of chicory, having purple leaves streaked with white that are eaten raw in salads

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Radichetta is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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