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.
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Examples for "chicory "
Examples for "chicory "
1 It was overgrown with chicory and burdock: it needed Brother Robert's talents.
2 Walnut dressing Best used with bitter salads like chicory , endive and scarole.
3 The mistress made it very strong and without a grain of chicory .
4 Endive is of the same nature as chicory , the leaves being curly.
5 She stood there scarcely breathing, the chicory flowers held before her lips.
1 Let the air be cool, her garments thin, and her food endive, lettuce, succory and barley.
2 She strolled away, picking tiny, pink-tipped daisies and blue succory blossoms growing in the moist green grass.
3 This story of the plantain is almost identical with one told in Germany of the endive or succory .
4 Just as blue as succory flowers.
5 Chicory, or succory ; in poetry.
1 Her shuttle had caught in a dead chicory plant , and spun no more.
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Translations for Cichorium intybus