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lanas (1579 words)
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food, by eggplantia5
Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: a Practical and Scientific Encyclopoedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botanists, by colleen
Dxpert's Words, by Dxpert
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Just teasing, bilby. I do like finocchio, though. And uva. Plural or singular. :-)
I'm thinking of uva (grapes), that is a singulare tantum. W H Y ‽
I think Pro is alluding to finocchio.
There may be other vegetable brethren in the infirmary.
"It's not the only Italian vegetable with identity problems."
Haha!
*wondering about cauliflower*
A broccolo is a single broccoli head... but what the hell, I agree with you!
...and it's not the only Italian vegetable with identity problems.
But wait. I understand what a zucchina is. But what's a broccola? The veggie seems singularly fractal to me, tough to make singular.
Broccoli always reminds me of the absurdly funny sketch on Saturday Night Live about an over-the-hill rocker singing "chopping broccoli" over and over again.
lol five, what a ripe comment! You need either elocution lessons or cookery classes, or both ;-)
Of course you can! And the same is for zucchina (s) and zucchine (pl), lasagna and lasagne... Berluscone and Berlusconi... no, not this one.
("Nobody is listing Berlusconi. Why don't you?"...
...I have my good reasons, thank you Wordie.)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you say broccoli and broccolo, just as you can say spaghetti and spaghetto?
What an unpleasant image.
The word oozes out of my mouth in a process much similar to the regurgitation that occurs when I attempt to eat the vegetable.