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escarole

escarole

4 9.2
A leafy green with broad frilled leaves used in salads and cooking
  • noun
  • /ˈɛskəˌroʊl/
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  • He sautéed the escarole with garlic and olive oil as a healthy side dish.
  • escarole salad
  • escarole with garlic
  • sautéed escarole

Examples

  • Add the fresh escarole to the salad for a crunchy texture and slightly bitter flavor.

  • And five, will that girl cook... raw meat, dirty escarole, ham and tomatoes?

  • Libby shifted a leaf of escarole to another position on her plate.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • You don't have to know the difference between escarole and escargot.

    Blog text (27)
  • We're having osso buco, escarole and beans... and rigatoni with lobster sauce.

  • Um, exchange grouper for sole, escarole for the potato, and... the beef sauce for the velouté.

  • In Italy, they often use escarole in hearty soups during the winter months.

Synonyms

endive
vsescarole
7 6.1

A leafy green with crisp, slightly bitter leaves used in salads

is a specific variety of that vegetable rather than the general type
chicory escarole
vsescarole
7.6

A leafy vegetable with broad slightly bitter leaves and crinkled edges used in salads and cooking

is the same but not described as slightly bitter

Compounds

A leafy vegetable with broad slightly bitter leaves and crinkled edges used in salads and cooking

Surface Forms

escarole singular
escaroles plural

Etymology

Escarole comes from the Italian scarola, a traditional name for a bitter salad leaf used in cooking. So an escarole today is a wide-leaved type of endive with a slightly 'bitter' taste that you often find in salads and soups.