endive
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endives
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a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads.
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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.
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Furniture. an ornamental motif having the form of an arrangement of acanthus or endive leaves.
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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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Any combination of bitter greens, such as frisée, endive, radicchio, escarole or arugula, works well in this recipe.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Beets, spinach, and endive died where they grew, with telltale dried-up, silver-metallic leaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
This bistro-style blue-cheese steak and endive salad serves two.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Because you're taking these leafy greens, whether it's endive or a gem lettuce, whatever that kind of green may be, it is quite delicate.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
Endive with sand, endive without sand, endive with mashed potatoes, endive—and—mashed potato casserole.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
One private, non-Indigo garage has even been turned into a farm for mushrooms and endives.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
Emmanuel Lefebvre produces thousands of tonnes of endives on his farm in northern France annually, but this year he may abandon his crop because of the crippling energy costs required to freeze the harvested bulbs.
From Reuters ● Sep. 22, 2022
Go and sip cold vermouth and eat leeks vinaigrette and endives with Roquefort in one of the strangest and most charming dining rooms in the city.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2018
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
Wash and clean the endives very carefully in salt and water first, as they often contain insects.
From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by A. G. Payne
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