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endive

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As a noun, endive means a leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).

Meanings of endive

3 meanings

noun

  1. A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).

  2. Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanchedplant

    Similar: witloof, Cichorium endivia
  3. Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edgesfood

    Similar: chicory escarole, escarole

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Synonyms by meaning

noun: widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green;…
witloofCichorium endivia
noun: variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
chicory escaroleescarole

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