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chiccory

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chic⋅co⋅ry

  [chik-uh-ree]
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–noun, plural -ries.
chicory.
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chic⋅o⋅ry

  [chik-uh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. a composite plant, Cichorium intybus, having bright-blue flower heads and toothed oblong leaves, cultivated as a salad plant and for its root, which is used roasted and ground as a substitute for or additive to coffee. Compare endive (def. 2).
2. the root of this plant.
Also, chiccory.

Origin:
1350–1400; < MF chicoree, alter. of earlier cicoree (by influence of It cicoria) < L cichorēa < Gk kichória, kíchora (neut. plurals); r. ME cicoree < MF
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Word Origin & History

chicory 
1393, from M.Fr. cichorée, from L. cichoreum, from Gk. kikhorion (pl. kikhoreia) "endive," of unknown origin. Klein suggests a connection with O.Egyptian keksher.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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