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chicory

chicory

2 6.5
A plant with blue flowers, bitter leaves, and an edible root
  • noun
  • /ˈʧɪkəri/
translation icon : achicoria
  • Oh, well, then I will have the chicory salad with asparagus, croutons, chorizo and poached egg...
  • chicory salad
  • chicory, endive
  • chicory leaf

Other thing I like people to get is vegetables in the chicory family.

Examples

  • The recipe called for chicory leaves to add a bitter flavor to the dish.

  • Through the light blue of the wild chicory, I could still see the house, the sky above it as blue as if day and summer would last forever.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • I grew the chicory myself.

    Warning Sign (1985)

  • "Your eyes are the color of chicory flowers."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The air was warm and dry, and wild mustard and chicory were in bloom on either side of the road.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • So raw fennel and chicory could be quite bitter together.

  • A while back, she brought me a bouquet of Queen Anne's Lace and chicory to thank me for my help.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • There were wildflowers in the meadow: blue chicory and pink asters.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The pastures contain mixtures of up to nine different species of cool-season grasses, legumes such as clover, and forbs like chicory.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Next year the brambles would take it; but now it blazed with goldenrod, Devil's paintbrush, the luminous blue of chicory, and the biggest Indian paintbrush flowers Janet had ever seen.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

chicory plant
vschicory
5.3

A plant with bright blue flowers grown for edible leaves and roots

is the shorter common name used in ordinary speech
Cichorium intybus
vschicory
8.6

A plant with blue flowers grown for its edible leaves and root

is the everyday common name used outside scientific contexts
succory
vschicory
  • Archaic
9.9

A plant with blue flowers grown for its roots and leaves that people eat

is the modern common name used more widely today
blue succory
vschicory
  • UK
9.9

A plant from southern Europe with flat blue flowers and dark centers called chicory

is the general plant known for bitter leaves and edible root used in salads

Compounds

chicory root
1 5.3

People use a dried, roasted root instead of coffee to add flavor

chicory escarole
7.6

A leafy vegetable with broad slightly bitter leaves and crinkled edges used in salads and cooking

chicory plant
5.3

A plant with bright blue flowers grown for edible leaves and roots

Surface Forms

chicory singular
chicories plural

Etymology

Chicory comes from an old plant name cichorium, and people long ago knew the plant for its bright blue flowers and 'bitter' leaves. That's why chicory today names the leafy plant often used in salads.