Rocambole

Translation of "rocambole" into Russian

Noun

rocambole

rocamboles pl

Rocambole is a type of garlic with a milder flavor.

Рокамболь - это вид чеснока с более мягким вкусом.

Noun

The sand leek, also called Spanish garlic (Allium scorodoprasum), a wild relative of garlic with a mild flavour.

For a milder taste than common garlic, she chopped some rocambole into the salad.

A variety of shallot with a similar appearance to garlic, often used in cooking.

Rocambole is often used in French cuisine for its delicate taste.

A hard-neck variety of cultivated garlic (Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon) prized for its complex flavour and easy peeling cloves.

Rocambole garlic is favoured by chefs because its cloves slip easily from their skins.

Proper noun

The fictional French adventurer Rocambole, hero of a series of 19th-century novels by Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail.

The escapades of Rocambole thrilled readers throughout Europe.