common chicory

English

Cichorium intybus

Noun

common chicory (uncountable)

1. Cichorium intybus, a somewhat woody perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family, many varieties of which are cultivated for salad leaves.

Synonyms

• Belgian endive
• blue daisy
• blue dandelion
• blue sailors
• blue weed
• chicory button
• coffeeweed
• common succory
• cornflower
• French endive
• garden endive
• hendibeh
• horseweed
• Italian dandelion
• ragged sailor
• succory
• wild bachelor's-button
• wild bachelor's button
• wild chicory
• wild endive
• wild succory
• witloof

Translations

Cichorium intybus — see chicory

Further reading

• Chicory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cichorium intybus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cichorium intybus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons