escarole

Meaning

A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable.

Synonyms

endive

chicory escarole

chicory

curly endive

witloof

Translations

scarole

escarola

escarola

endívia

hindiba

endívia

escarola

Endivie

indivia

escarole

endibia

endive

αντίδι

Chicorée

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛskəɹəʊl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French escarole, from Italian scariola, scarola (“chicory; endive”), from Late Latin escariola, scariola, from Latin ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table”) (from edō (“to eat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ola (from -olus, -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of scariole.