lattuga

it-noun

lattuga f (plural lattughe, diminutive lattughìna, augmentative lattugóna or lattugóne m, pejorative lattugàccia)

lattughe (plural)
lattughìna (diminutive)
lattugóna (augmentative)
lattugóne (augmentative masculine)
lattugàccia (pejorative)

From Old Italian lattuca, from Latin lactūca.


carciofo

→ Middle French: carchoffle

→ Polish: karczoch

→ Spanish: alcachofa

Borrowed from Siculo-Arabic, from Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf). Doublet of articiocco, which is used in northern Italy. Compare Sicilian cacòcciula.

bor

Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf)


costo

Borrowed from Latin costum, costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Saussurea costus
Saussurea costus#Translingual


costo

Borrowed from translingual Costus, from Latin costus.

(botany) any of the plants of the genus Costus


cicoria

desctree

→ German: Zichorie, Cichorie (obsolete)
→ Swedish: cikoria
→ Finnish: sikuri

First attested 1361. From Medieval Latin or Late Latin *cichōria, from the plural of Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).


scorzonera

Scorzonera hispanica
Scorzonera hispanica#Translingual

black salsify (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica)


dragoncello

From dragone (“dragon”) + -cello (diminutive suffix).

suffix

Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia dracunculus#Translingual


radicchio

→ English: radicchio

→ German: Radicchio

desc

→ Greek: ραδίκιον (radíkion), ραδίκιν (radíkin), ραδίκι (radíki)

ραντίτσιο (rantítsio), ραντίκιο (rantíkio)

→ Ottoman Turkish: رادیكیه (radikiye)

→ Armenian: ըռատիքյա (əṙatikʻya)

From Latin rādīcula (“little root”) (with early loss of /u/ and a change in gender), from rādīc- (“root”). Compare Romanian ridiche.

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual


margherita

From earlier margarita, from Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), from a loanword of Eastern origin.

[...] e la maggiore e la più luculenta ¶ di quelle margherite innanzi fessi, ¶ per far di sé la mia voglia contenta.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXII, p. 401, vv. 28-30:

… and now the largest and most luculent ¶ among those pearls came forward, that it might ¶ make my desire concerning it content.


pratolina

Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis#Translingual


dragone

From earlier *dracone, from Latin dracōnem, accusative of dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare drago, from the nominative.

[…] come l’aquila
nel reluttante dragon sbramatasi
poggiando su l’ali pacate
a l’aereo nido torna e al sole

1898, Giosuè Carducci, “Cadore”, in Rime e ritmi [Rhymes and rhythms], collected in Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 982, lines 125–128:

Like the eagle, having appeased itself with the reluctant weever, resting on the peaceful wings, returns to the aerial nest, and to the sunlight

(zoology) greater weever (Trachinus draco)

(regional, Apulia) name of several species of fish in the Dasyatidae family

a rocket used to light fireworks from a distance

(astronomy, usually capitalized) Draco (constellation)


puntarella

(cooking) a form of chicory (Cichorium intybus), specifically the sprouting stems


topinambur

Borrowed from French topinambour, from Old Tupi Tupinamba, the name of a South American tribe where the plant was thought to have originated.

Helianthus tuberosus
Helianthus tuberosus#Translingual

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)


senecione

Borrowed from Late Latin seneciōnem (“old man”).

bor+

(botany) any plant of the Senecio taxonomic genus


elicriso

strawflower, everlasting (of genus Helichrysum)


farfara

Borrowed from Latin farfara and later the species epithet.

Tussilago farfara
Tussilago farfara#Translingual


scarola

→ Catalan: escarola

desctree

→ French: scarole, escarole (dated)
→ English: escarole
→ German: Escarol, Eskarol, Escariol, Eskariol

→ Occitan: escarola

→ Portuguese: escarola, escariola

→ Spanish: escarola, escariola

(US, Italian-American slang) money, dollar bills, lettuce


grindelia

grindelia (plant of the genus Grindelia)


abrotano

From Latin abrotonum, from Ancient Greek ἀβρότονον (abrótonon, “wormwood, southernwood”).

der

Artemisia abrotanum
Artemisia abrotanum#Translingual


baccherina

ploughman's-spikenard (Inula conyzae, now Pentanema conyzae)


doronico

Borrowed from New Latin Doronicum, from Arabic دَرَانَج (darānaj, “a kind of groundsel”).


aspraggine

bristly oxtongue (plant of the genus Picris echioides)


lattaiola pungente

it-noun

lattaiola pungente f (plural lattaiole pungenti)


lattugaccio

From lattuga (“lettuce”) + -accio (pejorative suffix).

suffix

Chondrilla juncea
Chondrilla juncea#Translingual

nakedweed, a plant of species Chondrilla juncea


lattaiola

From latte (“milk”) + -aiola (adjectival derivational suffix).

(regional) used to indicate several plants of the family Asteraceae, such as Chondrilla juncea


catalogna

From Catalogna (“Catalonia”), where this variety came from.

a variety of chicory used in some regional dishes


calderugia

Senecio vulgaris
Senecio vulgaris#Translingual


senecione abrotanino

it-noun

senecione abrotanino m (plural senecioni abrotanini)


senecione comune

senecione comune m (plural senecioni comuni)


solleccione

From Late Latin seneciōnem (“old man”). Doublet of senecione.

Synonym of calderugia: groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)


verzellina

Synonym of calderugia: common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)


senecione biancastro

senecione biancastro m (plural senecioni biancastri)


senecione a foglie lunghe

senecione a foglie lunghe m (plural senecioni a foglie lunghe)


senecione alpino

senecione alpino m (plural senecioni alpini)


senecione biancheggiante

senecione biancheggiante m (plural senecioni biancheggianti)


senecione palustre

senecione palustre m (plural senecioni palustri)


senecione subalpino

senecione subalpino m (plural senecioni subalpini)


senecione silvano

senecione silvano m (plural senecioni silvani)


senecione serpeggiante

senecione serpeggiante m (plural senecioni serpeggianti)


senecione sudafricano

senecione sudafricano m (plural senecioni sudafricani)

narrow-leaved ragwort (Senecio inaequidens)


senecione di San Giacomo

senecione di San Giacomo m (plural senecioni di San Giacomo)

Literally, “St. James' groundsel”, named after St. James the Great.

Jacobaea vulgaris
Jacobaea vulgaris#Translingual

Senecio jacobaea
Senecio jacobaea#Translingual

common ragwort, St. James' wort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea)


senecione di Fuchs

senecione di Fuchs m (plural senecioni di Fuchs)

Literally, “Fuchs' groundsel”, named after German physician and botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).


senecione montanino

it-noun

senecione montanino m (plural senecioni montanini)


calcatreppola

any of various thorny plants:
field eryngo (Eryngium campestre)


patata del Canada

patata del Canada f (plural patate del Canada)


girasole del Canada

girasole del Canada m (plural girasoli del Canada)


tartufo di canna

tartufo di canna m (plural tartufi di canna)


carciofo di Gerusalemme

carciofo di Gerusalemme m (plural carciofi di Gerusalemme)


tartufolo

→ Alemannic German: artuffula

→ Bavarian: gartufela, kartufula

desc

→ German: Tartuffel, Tartüffel, Kartoffel (see there for further descendants)

→ German Low German: Kantüffel, Kartuffel, Kartüffel, Kortüffel

→ Estonian: kartul

→ Latvian: kartupelis

→ Hunsrik: Kartoffel


saeppola

butterweed, Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis)


acanzio

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκάνθιον (akánthion).

bor+

Onopordum acanthium
Onopordum acanthium#Translingual


canapa del Canada

it-noun

canapa del Canada f (plural canape del Canada)

Apocynum cannabinum
Apocynum cannabinum#Translingual

(uncountable) hemp dogbane, (US) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)


canapa acquatica

canapa acquatica f (plural canape acquatiche)

Eupatorium cannabinum
Eupatorium cannabinum#Translingual

(uncountable) hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)


serratola

dyer's plumeless saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria)


crespigno

common sow thistle
common sow thistle#English

Sonchus oleraceus
Sonchus oleraceus#Translingual

name of several species in the genus Sonchus, especially common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)


sonco

Borrowed from Latin sonchus, from Ancient Greek σόγχος (sónkhos).


gnafalio

Borrowed from translingual Gnaphalium, from Ancient Greek γναφάλλιον (gnaphállion, “cottonweed”).

der

any plant in the Gnaphalium taxonomic genus


lassana grespignolo

it-noun

lassana grespignolo f (plural lassane grespignoli)