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Definition of Chicory

1. Noun. The dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute.

2. Noun. 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. Noun. Root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee.

4. Noun. Crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste.

Definition of Chicory

1. n. A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.

Definition of Chicory

1. Noun. (botany) Either of two plants of the ''Asteraceae'' family: true chicory (''Cichorium intybus'') and endive (''Cichorium endivia'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chicory

1. a perennial herb [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Chicory

1. A thick-rooted perennial (cichorium intybus) native to europe but widely grown for its young leaves used as salad greens and for its roots, dried and ground-roasted, used to flavor or adulterate coffee. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicory

chicky chicle chicle gum chiclero chiclero ulcer chicleros chicles chiclet keyboard chiclet keyboards chicly

chicness chicnesses chicon chicons chicories chicory (current term) chicory escarole chicory plant chicory root chicorylike

chicos chicot chics chid chidden chide chided chider chideress chideresses

Literary usage of Chicory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1854)
"The brownish-yellow colouring matter, which is developed in chicory root by the process of roasting, when dissolved in water by infusion or decoction, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"chicory has little in common with coffee except a considerable proportion of sugar, which is converted into caramel in the roasting, and thus imparts to the ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"chicory has about three times the tinctorial power of ordinary coffee, and this has been proposed as the basis for a rough estimation of the amount of ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"At that time the use of chicory was not generally known in England, ... About the year 1820 là. leet parcels of chicory were imported into this country, ..."

5. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1849)
"The flavour of chicory in this pure state is that of a sharp, ... Of the flavour of the pure infusion of chicory we have already spoken : it was that of a ..."

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