noun
- The dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute.
- synonyms: chicory root
- Perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads.
- synonyms: succory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus
- Root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee.
- synonyms: chicory root
- Crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste.
- synonyms: curly endive
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