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tartufo

truffle

noun tar-TOO-foh Rare

Origin: From Latin 'terrae tuber' (earth tuber).

Also means

chocolate truffle

Usage Note

Tartufo refers to both the prized underground fungus (tartufo bianco from Alba, tartufo nero from Norcia) and the dome-shaped Italian ice-cream dessert coated in chocolate. The plural is tartufi. In gastronomy, 'tartufo' alone usually implies the fungus; the dessert is often called tartufo di Pizzo after its Calabrian town of origin.

Examples

"Abbiamo mangiato la pasta al tartufo nero."

Natural Translation

We ate pasta with black truffle.

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