chiccory

[chik-uh-ree]

noun, plural chic·co·ries.

chicory

or chic·co·ry

[chik-uh-ree]

noun, plural chic·o·ries.

a composite plant, Cichorium intybus, having bright-blue flower heads and toothed oblong leaves, cultivated as a salad plant and for its root, which is used roasted and ground as a substitute for or additive to coffee.Compare endive(def 2).

the root of this plant.

Origin of chicory

1350–1400; < Middle French chicoree, alteration of earlier cicoree (by influence of Italian cicoria) < Latin cichorēa < Greek kichória, kíchora (neuter plurals); replacing Middle English cicoree < Middle French

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Examples from the Web for chiccory

Historical Examples of chiccory

It is bad to leave the mountains, but chiccory is not palatable either.
Ginger-Snaps
Fanny Fern
Endive and chiccory should be added to the list of vegetable salads.
The Art of Entertaining
M. E. W. Sherwood
It is best exemplified in the Dandelion and in Chiccory (Fig. 266).
The Elements of Botany
Asa Gray
Chiccory I don't like, spite of the doctor, who says it is wholesome.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851
Various
Hasn't the man trouble enough without tackling your chiccory?
The Nerve of Foley
Frank H. Spearman

British Dictionary definitions for chiccory

chiccory

noun plural -ries

a variant spelling of chicory

chicory

noun plural -ries

Also called: succory a blue-flowered plant, Cichorium intybus, cultivated for its leaves, which are used in salads, and for its roots: family Asteraceae (composites)

the root of this plant, roasted, dried, and used as a coffee substitute

Compare endive

Word Origin for chicory

C15: from Old French chicorée, from Latin cichorium, from Greek kikhōrion

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Word Origin and History for chiccory

chicory

late 14c., cicoree (modern form from mid-15c.), from Middle French cichorée "endive, chicory" (15c., Modern French chicorée), from Latin cichoreum, from Greek kikhorion (plural kikhoreia) "endive," of unknown origin. Klein suggests a connection with Old Egyptian keksher. The modern English form is from French influence.