name
Meaning 1
The dialect of the Italian language spoken in Rome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
romanesco
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɹəʊ.məˈnɛs.kəʊ/
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US: /ɹoʊ.məˈnɛs.koʊ/
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Romanesco broccoli, a light-green edible flower bud of certain forms of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, which is thus related to broccoli and cauliflower. Its form is a natural approximation of a fractal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian romanesco (“of or pertaining to Rome”).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: романеско (romanesko) — cultivar of cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. broccolo
- Finnish: parsakukkakaali — cultivar of cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. broccolo
- Finnish: romanesco — cultivar of cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. broccolo
- Hungarian: pagodakarfiol — cultivar of cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. broccolo