chicory
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French chicorée, from Old French cicoree, from Late Latin *cichōria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion). Doublet of succory.
Noun[edit]
chicory (countable and uncountable, plural chicories)
- (botany) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family
- Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of radicchio, Belgian endive, and sugarloaf.
- Endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.
- (cooking) A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.
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1774, William Crookes, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, page 129:
- It is a very prevalent idea that the admixture of chicory with coffee is a decided improvement, and de gustibus non est disputandum; but the low price of chicory as compared with coffee is a strong temptation to increase the pro-proportion of […]
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Translations[edit]
Cichorium intybus
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Cichorium endivia — see endive
coffee substitute
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Further reading[edit]
chicory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cichorium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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