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Definition of Cichorium endivia
1. Noun. Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched.
Terms within: Chicory Escarole, Endive, Escarole, Belgian Endive, French Endive, Witloof
Group relationships: Cichorium, Genus Cichorium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cichorium Endivia
Literary usage of Cichorium endivia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laitues, chicorées frisées, et scaroles =by SourceOECD (Online service) by SourceOECD (Online service) (2002)
"... Lollo rossa - crosses of these varieties eg “Batavia” lettuce - Cichorium
endivia L. var. crispa Lam. curled-leaved endives - cichorium endivia L. var. ..."
2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"cichorium endivia supplies the salad called endive. Lactuca virosa furnished
lactuca- rium, a drug employed in place of opium to procure sleep. ..."
3. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1886)
"... Schousboe (C. pumilum, Jacquin); but it is an annual, and the chicory of which
Theophrastus speaks was perennial. Endive—cichorium endivia, Linnaeus. ..."
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