tenerumi

From tenero, tender. Tenerume (or tenerumi, taddi or or tinneruma) can mean the soft part of something, or shoots or sprouts, or specifically the vine tendrils and young leaves of zucchini or cucuzza, used in soups and on pasta.

A classic early summer dish around Palermo is pasta rotta ai ternerumi: broken spaghetti cooked with cucuzza tendrils and sprouts, before adding fresh tomatoes. They also make a soup called minestra di tenerumi with the tender leaves peeled tomato and garlic.