Definition of calabrese in English:
calabrese
nounˈkaləbriːsˌkaləˈbreɪsi
mass nounA bright green variety of broccoli with a dense head.
Example sentencesExamples
- We're trying calabrese for the first time. I can't remember the variety.
- Some of the best broccoli is grown in the south of Italy, hence the reason it is also called calabrese, from Calabria.
- Mrs Cox became the first lady to win the cup for the best collection of vegetables of calabrese, lettuce, beetroot, onions and courgettes.
- The species Brassica oleracea includes the vegetable crops cauliflower, cabbage, calabrese, and Brussels sprouts.
- There's a wide range of slab pizzas, with toppings like bocconcini, spicy calabrese, onions and cheese, fresh tomatoes, rapini and the all-dressed Motta special.
- Purple sprouting broccoli looks like a slight, weedy cousin of the fat green stems of calabrese that are available all year round.
- One of those is his calabrese and what he doesn't exhibit he sells to the Beggars' Arms for goodly sums.
- The Italian connection is maintained in the name of the vegetable calabrese, which refers to the Italian province of Calabria.
Origin
1930s: from Italian, literally 'Calabrian'.