Meanings
- uncountableAn Italian condiment made from lemon juice, olive oil, and herbs.
It meant we could watch them roasting the leg of salt-marsh lamb to be sliced thinly and served with confit garlic and a punchy salmoriglio – a southern Italian sauce of chopped green herbs, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil.
2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022Synonyms: citronette
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn Italian condiment made from lemon juice, olive oil, and herbs.
Origin
- Italiansalmoriglio
- Englishsalmoriglio
Borrowed from Italian salmoriglio.
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salmoriglio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salmoriglio
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salmoriglio,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salmoriglio.
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