chicory
noun /ˈtʃɪkəri/
/ˈtʃɪkəri/
[uncountable]- (British English) (North American English endive, Belgian endive)[countable, uncountable] a small pale green plant with bitter leaves that are eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable. The root can be dried and used with or instead of coffee.Topics Foodc2
- (also curly endive, frisée)(all North American English)(British English endive)a plant with green curly leaves that are eaten raw as a vegetable
Word Originlate Middle English: from obsolete French cicorée (earlier form of chicorée) ‘endive’, via Latin from Greek kikhorion.