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chicory

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chicory /ˈtʃɪk(ə)ri/

▶noun (pl. chicories)

1 a blue-flowered Mediterranean plant of the daisy family, cultivated for its edible salad leaves and its carrot-shaped root, which is used as an additive to or substitute for coffee. [Cichorium intybus.]

2 North American term for endive.

– origin ME: from obs. Fr. cicorée (earlier form of chicorée) ‘endive’, via L. from Gk kikhorion.

'chicory' also found in these Oxford entries:

endive - radicchio - succory - witloof

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