Definitions

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  • noun A type of Italian chicory.

Etymologies

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Italian, small pointed thing.

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Examples

  • I started with local sardines now you know the true reason I like this place that had been lightly cured ceviche-style and were served with a salad of bitter curly-leafed puntarella and radishes.

    Incanto, an offally delicious trattoria 2006

  • There's fresh puntarella these days, trimmed and lolling in buckets of water to be scooped out and dressed with anchovies and oil for a salad that is the perfect foil to the stewed offal and fried foods that old Rome knows and prepares well.

    About.com Europe Travel 2009

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