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Chicory

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noun. A perennial herb (Cichorium intybus) of the composite family, native to Europe and widely naturalized in North America, usually having blue flowers.

noun. Any of various forms of this plant cultivated for their edible leaves, such as radicchio.

noun. The dried, roasted, ground roots of this plant, used as an adulterant of or substitute for coffee.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. The popular name of Cichorium Intybus, a composite plant common in waste places, found throughout Europe and Asia as far as India, and naturalized in the United States.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See endive.

noun. The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family: true chicory (Cichorium intybus) and endive (Cichorium endivia)

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads

noun. root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee

noun. the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute

noun. crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste

Word Usage

"The chicory is a special red stemmed one that I am in love with - mild enough for salads."

Hypernym

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Herb coffee substitute herbaceous plant root

Same Context

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beech mast beet beetroot breadstick broccoli

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

succory

variant

endive