chicory
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
chicory
- (countable, botany) Either of two plant#Noun|plants of the Asteraceae family.
- (chiefly, Britain) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.
- Synonyms: blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailor, blue weed, chicory button, coffeeweed, cornflower, hendibeh, horseweed, ragged sailor, succory, wild bachelor's button, wild endive
- (chiefly, Canada, US) The endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.
- (chiefly, Britain) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.
- (uncountable, cooking) A coffee substitute#Noun|substitute made from the roasted#Adjective|roasted root#Noun|roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.
- Cichorieae
- Cichorium
- chicon
- cichoraceous
- French: chicorée
- German: Wegwarte
- Italian: cicoria
- Portuguese: chicória
- Russian: цико́рий
- Spanish: achicoria
- French: chicorée
- German: Landkaffee, Zichorienkaffee
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