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Definition of Cichorium
1. Noun. Chicory.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Chicory, Chicory Plant, Cichorium Intybus, Succory, Cichorium Endivia, Endive, Witloof
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cichorium
Literary usage of Cichorium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"In Egypt, the wild endive is known as " cichorium,"" the cultivated kind being
... Wild endive or cichorium has certain refreshing qualities,67 used as an ..."
2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1900)
"cichorium. cichorium intybus. Chicory. Endive. NO Compositae. Tincture or
trituration of dried root. Clinical.—Amblyopia. Constipation. Headache. ..."
3. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"cichorium. Chicory. Succory. Roasted, coarsely powdered. ... G. Chicoree sauvage,
Fr. The roots of cichorium Intybus L., ..."
4. The British flora medica: a history of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"Nebel and others have recommended the appli cation of the bruised herb to old
ulcers. CLXXI. cichorium INTYBUS, L. SUCCORY, OR CHICORY. Nat. Ord. COMPOSITA. ..."
5. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"cichorium Endino,, Linné. Garden endive, a native of the Mediterranean • •mint
rii-s, is said, by some French physicians, to be a remedy for jaundice. ..."
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