cavolo nero

/ (ˈkɑːvəˌləʊ ˈnɛrəʊ) /

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noun

an Italian variety of cabbage with dark green leaves

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Word Origin for cavolo nero

from Italian, black cabbage

Words nearby cavolo nero

cavity block, cavity resonator, cavity wall, cavogram, cavography, cavolo nero, cavo-relievo, cavort, cavosurface, cavosurface angle, Cavour

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How to use cavolo nero in a sentence

The emperor Nero—known for his debauchery apparently collected the things.
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Hedonistic distractions have existed from Caligula and Nero to Andreotti and Berlusconi.
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Bible scholars have tended to identify the Beast with the Roman emperor Nero.
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Nero, the angry Romulan, traveled to the past to kill the present Spock.
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At least when Nero fiddled, Romans got to hear music over the flames.
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Claudius Domitius Nero, emperor of Rome, destroyed himself at the age of 32, and the 14th of his dominion.
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The conflagration of Rome, attributed by Nero to the Christians, which was the ostensible cause of the first persecution.
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But Jack was only second to Nero in monkey tricks, and he held on in a most tenacious manner.
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But it is Nero that lost out, and it is Paul who reigns a crowned king.
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Black Nero was a magnificent mastiff, with not a white hair on his back.
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