calabrese

/ ˌkæləˈbreɪzɪ /

noun

1. a variety of green sprouting broccoli

Word History and Origins

Origin of calabrese¹

C20: from Italian: Calabrian

Example Sentences

Denis Calabrese on four ways the GOP can win back independents—and send a shockwave through Washington in the next election.

From The Daily Beast

Denis Calabrese is a consultant working to advance a free-market agenda in business and politics.

From The Daily Beast

During the whole 17th century we find but one worthy to be mentioned, Giacchino Greco (il Calabrese).

From Project Gutenberg

His hair was black; he was of a complexion neither too pink, like a grocer's assistant, nor yet too brown, like a Calabrese.

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Beneath the latter are frescoes of events in the life of St. Andrew by Calabrese.

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Calabrese, allured by the novelty of his style, repaired to Cento, to avail himself of his instructions.

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But the style of the decadence makes itself less felt in the work of the Calabrese than in that of the Venetian.

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