Meaning & use

Primavera

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A style of cooking, especially pasta, prepared with an assortment of fresh, lightly cooked spring vegetables.

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The restaurant's pasta primavera was topped with fresh basil and parmesan.

She tossed zucchini, peas, and carrots into the chicken primavera.

A note on using this word

Italian for 'spring'; in cooking, the term signals a light dish built around seasonal spring vegetables.

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