endive

American  

[en-dahyv, ahn-deev, ahn-deev] / ˈɛn daɪv, ˈɑn div, ɑ̃ˈdiv /

noun

• endives
  plural

1. a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads.

2. Also called French endive, Belgian endive, witloof. a young chicory plant, deprived of light to form a narrow head of whitish leaves that are eaten as a cooked vegetable or used raw in salads.

3. Furniture. an ornamental motif having the form of an arrangement of acanthus or endive leaves.

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endive British  

/ ˈɛndaɪv /

noun

1. a plant, Cichorium endivia, cultivated for its crisp curly leaves, which are used in salads: family Asteraceae (composites) Compare chicory

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• endives
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of endive

1325–75; Middle English < Middle French ≪ Medieval Greek entýbia, plural of entýbion, derivative of earlier éntybon < Latin intubum, intibum, earlier intubus chicory, endive, perhaps < Semitic

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How does endive compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• escarole vs. endive
• chicory vs. endive

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Example Sentences

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endive endives

Perhaps a microgreens or endive salad, with shitake mushrooms?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

Any combination of bitter greens, such as frisée, endive, radicchio, escarole or arugula, works well in this recipe.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

Scoops of the creamy, crunchy bistro staple, elevated with smoked trout in the julienne mix, showed up in a trio of chive-flecked Belgian endive “boats,” a clever mode of transport.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

Split this bistro-style blue-cheese steak and endive salad for two.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

“There’s an endive exporter in Palermo I have to see for a minute about a shipmen' of mushrooms to Bern that were damaged by mold.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

One private, non-Indigo garage has even been turned into a farm for mushrooms and endives.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023

"We really wonder if we'll harvest what is in the fields this winter," Lefebvre told Reuters at the site where his endives are packaged.

From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2022

She might be tempted with fideua — Spanish macaroni baked with braised endives, piquillo pepper coulis, asparagus, pea vines and Comté cheese gratinee, while he could lavish attention on lamb albondigas with almonds and sherry.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2013

Lettuces, chicories, endives and all the fresh herbs do extremely well.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2011

Curled endives are those with narrow leaves, more or less divided, and much curled.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr

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