Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The chicory, Cichorium Intybus. See
chicory .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cichorium. See
chicory .
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- noun
chicory (Cichorium intybus )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“Was ever woman in a strait so fearful!” exclaimed the Lady of Lochleven — “At least, thou rash boy, beware that no one tastes the food, but especially the jar of succory-water.”
The Abbot 2008
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[4365] Hollerius knew one cured alone with the use of succory boiled, and drunk for five months, every morning in the summer.
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Helleboratus major and minor in Quercetan, and Syrupus Genistae for hypochondriacal melancholy in the same author, compound syrup of succory, of fumitory, polypody, &c.
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Scoltzii would fain have them use all summer the condite flowers of succory, strawberry water, roses
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And because the spleen and blood are often misaffected in melancholy, I may not omit endive, succory, dandelion, fumitory,
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This plant, the succory of former days, is greatly esteemed by the French, by whom it is known as barbe de capucin.
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Violet leaves, wild tansie, succory-roots, large mace, raisins, and damask prunes boil'd with a chicken and a crust of bread.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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For example, the opinion that succory is superior to coffee, though supported by Drs. Howison and
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 Various
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This plant, the succory of former days, is greatly esteemed by the French, by whom it is known as barbe de capucin.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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If you think the party be in any heat, put in violet leaves and succory.
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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