Italian leaves wireless receiving Chic broadcast (9)
I believe the answer is:
radicchio
'italian' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'wireless receiving chic broadcast' is the wordplay.
'wireless' becomes 'radio' (synonyms).
'receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'broadcast' indicates an anagram (letters scattered or cast around).
'chic' is an anagram of 'icch'.
'radio' placed around 'icch' is 'RADICCHIO'.
'leaves' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for radicchio that I've seen before include "Salad ingredient" , "Dark-red-leaf salad plant" , "Italian chicory" , "leaves bitter taste" , "Variety of chicory - I hid a croc (anag)" .)