English Explanatory Dictionary

chicory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
  2. Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.
  3. Endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.
  4. A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʃɪkəɹi/ /ˈtʃɪkɹi/ En-uk-chicory.oga

Word forms

chicory chicories chickory chiccory

Etymology

From 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.

Synonyms

blue daisy blue dandelion blue sailor blue weed chicory button coffeeweed cornflower hendibeh horseweed ragged sailor succory wild bachelor's button wild endive

Related words

chicon cichoraceous Cichorieae Cichorium treviso

Derived words

California chicory chicoric acid chicoried chicory button chicory coffee chicorylike desert chicory Italian chicory leaf chicory root chicory white chicory wild chicory
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