EuroLex/F/Chicory


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: chicorée - 1. endive, 2. succory, 3. coffee substitute

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
chicory/succory: a perennial herb (Cichorium intybus) of the composite family, native to the Old World and widely naturalized in North America, having rayed flower heads with usually blue florets

endive: any of various forms of this plant cultivated for their edible leaves (such as radicchio)

coffee substitute: the dried, roasted, ground roots of this plant, also used as an adulterant

Etymology: from MF cichorée, from L cichoreum, from Gk kikhorion (pl. kikhoreia) "endive", of unknown origin although a connection with O.Egyptian word keksher was suggested

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

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