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/ˈCHikərē/,
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chicories, plural;
  1. A blue-flowered Mediterranean plant of the daisy family, cultivated for its edible salad leaves and carrot-shaped root

  2. The root of this plant, which is roasted and ground for use as an additive to or substitute for coffee

  1. the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute
  2. perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads
  3. crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
  4. Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a bushy perennial herbaceous plant with blue, lavender, or occasionally white flowers. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or for roots (var. ...
  5. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family: true chicory (Cichorium intybus) and endive (Cichorium endivia)
  6. The root of the endive, roasted and ground, it is blended with coffee in New Orleans style coffee.
  7. An addition or filler in coffee made from the plant, cichorium intybus.
  8. The plant Cichorium Intybus (N.O. Compositæ), with bright blue flowers, found wild in the south of England, and elsewhere in Europe and Asia, and cultivated in various parts for its root. See notes on herbs.
  9. An endive relative with curly, slightly bitter leaves that are used in salads or cooked as greens. "Radicchio" is the red-leafed Italian chicory. "Succory," a coffee substitute, comes from the roasted, ground chicory roots.
  10. (curly endive, chicoree): A salad green with very curly, slightly prickly, narrow, thin leaves that shade from dark green at the edges to a pale yellow heart. ...
  11. sometimes called curly endive; a type of lettuce (chicory root is used as a coffee substitute)
  12. Another name for witlof, Belgian endive, radicchio or sugarloaf.  Has a reasonably bitter taste which is a good contrast for certain salads.
  13. An herb, the roots of which are dried, ground; roasted and used to flavor coffee.
  14. leaf is mainly cultivated for salad leaves and as forage crop for livestock ... or the other. This blog would concentrate on chicory leaves and its various benefits. Read on for valuable ... of Chicory Leaf Chicory leaf benefits are many and those concerning health include ...
  15. a weed who's root, when roasted, provide a substitute for coffee when there is a shortage
  16. A bitter-tasting green, related to endive. Common in Southern cooking. Roasted roots are used to make a coffee style beverage, or coffee additive.
  17. A salad green from the endive family
  18. Otherwise known as curly endive, the leaves of chicory are dark green on the edge and yellow in the middle. Chicory, although slightly bitter, mixes well with other greens. If the outer leaves are tough, cook them.