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Definition of Succory
1. 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.
Terms within: Chicory, Curly Endive, Chicory, Chicory Root
Group relationships: Cichorium, Genus Cichorium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Succory
1. n. A plant of the genus Cichorium. See Chicory.
Definition of Succory
1. Noun. chicory (''Cichorium intybus'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Succory
1. chicory [n -RIES] - See also: chicory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succory
Literary usage of Succory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for by Nicholas Appert (1811)
"Spinage and succory. I dress spinage and succory as usual, in either vegetable
or meat soup. Each bottle of a litre, contains two or three dishes either of ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"It is rough, and of a dive are nearly of the same kind with those of green color
tinged with gold, as well as the head, the wild succory. ..."
3. The British Flora: Or, Genera and Species of British Plants: Arranged After by Robert John Thornton (1812)
"Swine-succory. (From ros, G. swine, and SERIS, succory, from pigs being fond of
if, or from its bad smell being fit only for swine ;—the English the same. ..."
4. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society (1823)
"succory as a'Blanched Salad. ... or succory, is a plant indigenous to Britain,
rare indeed in Scotland, but very common in the chalk districts of England. ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... a kind of succory; prob, of Ar. or Pers. origin; cf. ... wild succory, dandelion
f (Devic).] 1. A genus of composite plants, of the tribe Ci- ..."
6. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"No blanched production is more beautiful than succory, as the leaves become of a
... Aboard ship the roots of the succory are packed into casks of sand, ..."
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