Etymology

romanesco

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Italian romanesco
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromromanesco“of or pertaining to Rome”
  2. English todayRomanesco

Borrowed from Italian romanesco (“of or pertaining to Rome”).

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