单词 | chicory |
释义 | chic·o·ry (chĭkə-rē) n. pl. chic·o·ries 1. A perennial herb (Cichorium intybus) of the composite family, native to Europe and widely naturalized in North America, usually having blue flowers. Also called succory. 2. Any of various forms of this plant cultivated for their edible leaves, such as radicchio. 3. The dried, roasted, ground roots of this plant, used as an adulterant of or substitute for coffee. [Middle English cicoree (from Old French cichoree) and French chicorée, both from Latin cichorium, cichorēum, from Greek kikhoreia, pl. diminutive of kikhorā.] |
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