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endive
(endɪv, US -daɪv)
Word forms: plural endives
1. variable noun
Endive is a type of plant with crisp curly leaves that is eaten in salads.
2. variable noun
Endive is a type of a plant with crisp bitter leaves that can be cooked or eaten raw in salads.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use chicory endive in British English
(ˈɛndaɪv)
noun
a plant, Cichorium endivia, cultivated for its crisp curly leaves, which are used in salads: family Asteraceae (composites)
Compare chicoryWord origin
C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin endīvia, variant of Latin intubus, entubus, of uncertain originendive in American English
(ˈɛnˌdaɪv; ˈɑnˌdiv)
noun
1.
a.
a cultivated, lettucelike plant (Cichorium endivia) of the composite family: its curled, narrow leaves are cooked or blanched and used for salads
b.
another form of this vegetable with wide, smooth leaves, used as a potherb or in salads
2.
the young leaves of chicory (sense 1) blanched for salads
Word origin
ME & OFr < ML endivia < MGr endivi < L intibus < Gr entybon, prob. < Egypt tʾ-ʿʾbt, January (when it is said to grow in Egypt)Image ofendive
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