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escarole

Syllables: es·ca·role/ˈɛskəɹəʊl/US/ˈɛskəɹoʊl/

escarole noun: a subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable.

Noun

escarole (usually uncountable, plural escaroles)

  1. (Canada, US, usually) A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable.
    • Endive, or Chicory—This, for salad, takes the same place in winter that lettuce occupies in summer and when well grown is equally valuable. There are two very distinct varieties; [...] The other sort is the "Escarole" of the French, and is sweet in flavor, with a wider and flatter leaf, which comes...[1853 July, B. M., “The Kitchen Garden”, in The Cultivator, a Monthly Journal for the Farm and the Garden, […], volume I, number VII (Third Series), Albany, N.Y.: Published by Luther Tucker, at the...
    • Paul's greatest pleasure was the cultivation of various salads. He owned four large beds in which he grew romaines, lettuces, escaroles, and almost all the known species of these edible leaves.1903, Guy de Maupassant, “The Development of Paul”, in Une vie: Or The History of a Heart: A Novel (The Life Work of Henri René Guy de Maupassant; VI), Akron, Oh.: Saint Dunstan Society, →OCLC, page...

Examples of escarole in a sentence

  • The broad leaf, (which is the Escarole,) for the first crop, and some White Curled for the second crop.[1853 July, B. M., “The Kitchen Garden”, in The Cultivator, a Monthly Journal for the Farm and the Garden, […], volume I, number VII (Third...
  • Escarole is a form of endive with the Latin name Cichorium endivia var. latifolia.1943, Bulletin of the Garden Club of America, series 8, [Lake Forest, Ill.]: Garden Club of America, →OCLC, page 16:
  • Like chicory and Belgian endive, escarole’s bitterness is its attraction.2001, “Vegetables”, in Susan Westmoreland, editor, The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Books, →ISBN, page 432, column 2:
  • Escarole walnut salad [...] If you've never worked with escarole, give this versatile green a go.2016 August, Lucinda Scala Quinn, “Killer Salads”, in Mad Hungry Family: 120 Essential Recipes to Feed the Whole Crew, New York, N.Y....

Forms of escarole

pluralescaroles

Origin of escarole

Borrowed from French escarole, from Italian scariola, scarola (“chicory; endive”), from Late Latin escariola, scariola, from Latin ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table”) (from edō (“to eat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ola (from -olus, -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of scariole.

Questions about escarole

What does escarole mean?
Escarole means a subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable.
How do you use escarole in a sentence?
The broad leaf, (which is the Escarole,) for the first crop, and some White Curled for the second crop.
What part of speech is escarole?
Escarole is a noun.
How do you pronounce escarole?
Escarole is pronounced /ˈɛskəɹəʊl/ (UK).
What is the plural of escarole?
The plural of escarole is escaroles.

Words near escarole in the dictionary

  1. escargatoires
  2. escargot
  3. escargots
  4. escarmouche
  5. escarmouches
  6. escarole
  7. escaroles
  8. escarp
  9. escarped
  10. escarpid
  11. escarpids

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