endive — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Related words

   escarole

   Examples

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   When all this is ready, take some endive and Dutch lettuce, some chervil and celery, wash and drain them very well, cut them small, put them into a saucepan, and pour some of the broth upon them […]

   Take the three heads of endive out of the water, drain them, and leave the largest whole.

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   Broad leaved, green curled or white curled, the endive plants are good; the green sorts, on account of their coolness and their plentiful salts, are esteemed for the salad bowl, and the white-curled sorts are liked for soups, stews and as boiled vegetables.

   Endive, like a number of similar plants, is both esculent and reputed to have some aphrodisiac property.

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   Endive and escarole are the same vegetable, but endive has leaves that are cut and curled, while escarole has smooth, broad leaves.

Noun

1. widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched

   Synonyms

   witloofCichorium endivia

   Broader terms

   herbherbaceous plant

2. variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

   Synonyms

   chicory escaroleescarole

   Broader terms

   salad greensalad greens