chicory
Either of two plants of the Asteraceae familyEither of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
» Wash the chicory and remove the leaves which may spoil.
Waschen Sie den Chicorée und entfernen Sie die Blätter, die verdorben sein könnten.
Вымойте цикорий и удалите листья, которые могут испортиться.
Meaning
4 senses(countable)Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
(UK, countable, uncountable)Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.
sugarloaf chicory
Wegwarte, Chicorée, Zichorie
цико́рийcikórij
цико́рійcykórij
(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.
(uncountable)A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.
Landkaffee, Zichorienkaffee
цикорийcikorij
the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute
Examples
3 sentencesWash the chicory and remove the leaves which may spoil.
ruВымойте цикорий и удалите листья, которые могут испортиться.
deWaschen Sie den Chicorée und entfernen Sie die Blätter, die verdorben sein könnten.
Chicory root has historically been used as a substitute for coffee during shortages.
Chicory may be only a weed around here, but I think the flowers are very pretty.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English cicoree, cicory, cicorea, sicory, sycory (“common chicory (CichorFrom 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, *cichōria, from Latin cichorium, cichoreum (“common chicory; endive”), from Ancient Greek κίχορα (kíkhora), κιχόρεια (kikhóreia), neuter plural of κιχώριον (kikhṓrion, “chicory”). The English word is cognate with Italian cicórea, and is a doublet of succory.
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Forms
plural: chicoriesSynonyms
17 synonyms- crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste:curly endive
- root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee:chicory root
- 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:succorychicory plantCichorium intybus
- the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute:chicory root
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable