radicchio

plural radicchios

1. A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.

   Radicchio is a savory green that adds sharpness and substance to salads and side dishes.

   2012, Marie Iannotti, The Beginner's Guide to Growing Heirloom Vegetables, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 190

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   In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets.

   1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage, published 1998, page 163

   Synonyms: Italian chicory