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Definition of chicory noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chicory

noun
 
/ˈtʃɪkəri/
 
/ˈtʃɪkəri/
 [uncountable]
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  1. (British English)
    (North American English endive, Belgian endive)
    [countable, uncountable] a small pale green plant with bitter leaves that are eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable. The root can be dried and used with or instead of coffee.Topics Foodc2
  2. (also curly endive, frisée)
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    (British English endive)
    a plant with green curly leaves that are eaten raw as a vegetable
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from obsolete French cicorée (earlier form of chicorée) ‘endive’, via Latin from Greek kikhorion.
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