Lexic.us

Definition of Endive

1. Noun. Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched.

2. Noun. Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges.

Definition of Endive

1. n. A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.

Definition of Endive

1. Noun. A leafy salad vegetable which is often confused with chicory. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endive

1. an herb cultivated as a salad plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Endive

1. A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad. Wild endive, chicory or succory. Origin: F. Endive (cf. Pr, Sp. Pg, & It. Endivia), fr. A deriv. Of L. Intibus, intybus, endive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endive

endict endicted endicting endictment endictments endicts ending ending up endings endiron

endirons endite endited endites enditing endive (current term) endives endizen endlang endleaf

endleafs endleaves endless endlessly endlessness endlessnesses endlike endlong endly endmember

Literary usage of Endive

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)
"endive. endive, though it cannot exactly be said to be of the same genus as ... endive is sown at the beginning of spring, and transplanted at the end of ..."

2. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"endive endive affords a good supplement to lettuce, since it is essentially a summer and fall crop and thrives at a season when lettuce is somewhat ..."

3. Putnam's Vegetable Book by Mae Savell Croy (1917)
"endive For early summer use, plant endive seed in the spring, ... For winter use, endive may be taken from the garden and planted in boxes in a cold cellar. ..."

4. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"endive IN VELOUTE. Take off all the outer leaves of your endive, and having opened the hearts, put them into cold water to wash them. ..."

5. The Cook's Dictionary and House-keeper's Directory: A New Family Manual of by Richard Dolby (1830)
"Take three or lour head« of the whitest endive ; put them in salt «nil water [or two or three hour« ; rut oB' the green heads from a hundred of ..."

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