chicory

Meaning

1. (countable) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
2. (British, countable, uncountable) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
3. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
4. (uncountable) A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.

Synonyms

endive

succory

chicory root

chicory plant

Cichorium intybus

common chicory

dandelion

curly endive

succoury

escarole

plant

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Belgian endives

blue sailors

coffeeweed

witloof

common

Translations

chicorée

achicoria

cicoria

Chicorée

chicória

cichorei

Cichorium intybus

xicoira

Zichorie

chicorée sauvage

endive

cichorium

chicoria

Wegwarte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtʃɪkəɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cicoree

Cognate with French: chicorée

Cognate with Italian: cicórea

In summary

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.