Chicory

Origin

From Middle French chicorée, from Old French cicoree, from Late Latin *cichōria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον.

Full definition of chicory

Noun

1. (botany) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family
1. (Cichorium intybus), the source of radicchio, Belgian endive, and sugarloaf.
2. endive (Cichorium endivia)

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