common chicory

English

Cichorium intybus

Noun

common chicory (uncountable)

1. Cichorium intybus, a somewhat woody perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family, many varieties of which are cultivated for salad leaves.

Synonyms

• wild chicory, common succory, wild succory (archaic), Italian dandelion, witloof, Belgian endive, French endive, horseweed, garden endive, wild endive, blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed, coffeeweed, cornflower, ragged sailor, succory, wild bachelor's button / wild bachelor's-button, chicory button

Translations

Cichorium intybus — see chicory

Further reading

• Chicory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cichorium intybus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cichorium intybus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons