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Endive

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Noun

1. cichorium endivia, endive, witloof

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

2. chicory escarole, endive, escarole

variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Endive

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

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Endive

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noun
1. 
a. 
a cultivated, lettucelike plant (Cichorium endivia) of the composite family: its curled, narrow leaves are cooked or blanched and used for salads
b. 
another form of this vegetable with wide, smooth leaves, used as a potherb or in salads
2. 
the young leaves of chicory (sense 1) blanched for salads

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Endive

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n.
1. A plant (Cichorium endivia) in the composite family, of South Asian origin, having curled or ruffled leaves with a bitter flavor, cultivated as a salad green.
2. A variety of the common chicory (Cichorium intybus) cultivated to produce a narrow, pointed, blanched cluster of leaves used in salads. Also called Belgian endive, witloof.

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