calabrese

See also: Calabrese

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæləˈbɹeɪzeɪ/, /kæləˈbɹeɪseɪ/, /ˈkæləbɹiːz/

Noun

calabrese (countable and uncountable, plural calabreses)

1. A particular type of sprouting broccoli.
   • 2007, Gregory Holyoake, Scarecrows, page 171:

     Jean Bean was responsible for the twenty comical characters protecting transplanted cabbages, cauliflowers and calabreses.

   • 2010, Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, →ISBN:

     Although most people don't make much distinction between calabrese and broccoli, gardeners need to know the difference. Calabrese is a quick-growing crop, usually maturing in three or four months, and the plants aren't frost hardy.

   • 2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, →ISBN:

     Sow calabrese indoors.

   • 2015, Mark Diacono, The New Kitchen Garden, →ISBN:

     Some things I'm prepared to persevere with but my patience has an elastic limit and with calabrese it snapped.

Anagrams

• creasable, scareable

Italian

Etymology

From Calabria +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.laˈbre.ze/, (traditional) /ka.laˈbre.se/
• Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
• Hyphenation: ca‧la‧bré‧se

Adjective

calabrese (plural calabresi)

1. Calabrian (of, from or relating to Calabria)

   Synonym: calabro

Descendants

• English: Calabrese

Noun

calabrese m or f by sense (plural calabresi)

1. Calabrian (native or inhabitant of Calabria)

   Synonym: calabro

Noun

calabrese m (uncountable)

1. the Calabrian language or set of dialects