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Meanings of chicory plant in English
Catalan
xicoira Spanish
cichorium intybus 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.
Usage of chicory plant in English
1
Her shuttle had caught in a dead chicory plant, and spun no more.