cicoree
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chicorée — [ ʃikɔre ] n. f. • cikoréXIIIe; lat. médiév. cicorea, lat. cichoreum, gr. kikhorion 1 ♦ Plante herbacée (composées) à fleurs bleues, dont certaines espèces sont cultivées pour leurs feuilles. Chicorée sauvage, amère, appelée aussi barbe de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
chicory — /chik euh ree/, n., pl. chicories. 1. a composite plant, Cichorium intybus, having bright blue flower heads and toothed oblong leaves, cultivated as a salad plant and for its root, which is used roasted and ground as a substitute for or additive… … Universalium
chicory — also chickory noun (plural ries) Etymology: alteration of Middle English cicoree, from Anglo French, from Latin cichoreum, from Greek kichoreia Date: 15th century 1. a thick rooted usually blue flowered European perennial … New Collegiate Dictionary
succory — noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English cicoree Date: 1533 chicory … New Collegiate Dictionary
chicorée — (chi ko rée) s. f. 1° Plante potagère, dite aussi chicorée endive ou chicorée des jardins (chicorium endivia, L.), dont on mange les feuilles en salade, et qui fournit une variété connue sous le nom de chicorée frisée, et une autre sous celui… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
chicory — [ tʃɪk(ə)ri] noun (plural chicories) 1》 a blue flowered Mediterranean plant of the daisy family, cultivated for its edible salad leaves and its carrot shaped root, which is used as an additive to or substitute for coffee. [Cichorium intybus.] 2》… … English new terms dictionary
succory — [ sʌk(ə)ri] noun another term for chicory (in sense 1). Origin C16: alt. of obs. Fr. cicorée … English new terms dictionary
chicory — chic•o•ry [[t]ˈtʃɪk ə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) pln a composite plant, Cichorium intybus, having blue flowers and toothed oblong leaves, cultivated as a salad plant and for its root Compare endive 2) 2) pln the root of this plant used roasted and… … From formal English to slang
chicory — [chik′ə rē] n. pl. chicories [ME cicory < OFr cicorée < L cichorium < Gr kichora, kichoreia, chicory, endive, succory] 1. a perennial weedy plant (Cichorium intybus) of the composite family, usually with blue flowers: the young leaves… … English World dictionary
succory — n. = CHICORY 1. Etymology: alt. f. cicoree etc., early forms of CHICORY … Useful english dictionary
