calabrese

noun

1. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of Calabrese (“a particular type of sprouting broccoli”).

   “Jean Bean was responsible for the twenty comical characters protecting transplanted cabbages, cauliflowers and calabreses.”

   “Although most people don't make much distinction between calabrese and broccoli, gardeners need to know the difference. Calabrese is a quick-growing crop, usually maturing in three or four months, and the plants aren't frost hardy.”

   “Sow calabrese indoors.”

   “Some things I'm prepared to persevere with but my patience has an elastic limit and with calabrese it snapped.”

2. (UK, countable, uncountable)A kind of sprouting broccoli.
3. (countable, ellipsis, uncountable)The Calabrese horse.
4. (countable, uncountable)Nero d’Avola or Sangiovese, varieties of wine grapes.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Calabrian (of, from, or pertaining to Calabria)

name

1. A surname from Italian.