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Definition chicory

Etymology

From Late Middle English cicoree, cicory, cicorea, sicory, sycory (“common chicory (Cichorium intybus); heliotrope”), from Old French cicoree (modern French chicorée (“common chicory; endive; coffee substitute made from common chicory”)), or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin cicorea, cichorea, *cich?ria, from Latin cichorium, cichoreum (“common chicory; endive”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kíkhora), ???????? (kikhóreia), neuter plural of ???????? (kikh?rion, “chicory”). The English word is cognate with Italian cicórea, and is a doublet of succory.

Noun

chicory (countable and uncountable, plural chicories)

1. (countable, botany) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
   1. (chiefly Britain) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.
   2. (chiefly Canada, US) The endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.
2. (uncountable, cooking) A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.

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