crudite

Noun

crudité (countable and uncountable, plural crudités)

1. (countable) A crispy raw vegetable; an individual piece of crudités.
   • In its raw form, fennel might be eaten as a crudité along with a host of other local vegetables—radishes, sweet red onions, cucumber, artichoke, celery and tomatoes.2015, Mina Holland, The World on a Plate: 40 Cuisines, 100 Recipes, and the Stories Behind Them, Penguin, →ISBN, page 42
2. Synonym of crudités (“raw vegetables served as an appetizer”).
   • The note said that she and two of our friends were enjoying a bottle of perfectly chilled chinon, a plate of crudité, and some goat cheese, while gossiping about the wider circle to which we all in some way belonged.1998, John Yau, “Treasure Hunt”, in My Symptoms, Santa Rosa, Calif.: Black Sparrow Press, →ISBN, section I, page 33

   Synonyms:

   crudités