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chic⋅o⋅ry

  [chik-uh-ree]
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–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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chic·o·ry   (chĭk'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. chic·o·ries

  1. A perennial herb (Cichorium intybus) of the composite family, native to the Old World and widely naturalized in North America, having rayed flower heads with usually blue florets. Also called succory.

  2. Any of various forms of this plant cultivated for their edible leaves, such as radicchio.

  3. The dried, roasted, ground roots of this plant, used as an adulterant of or substitute for coffee.


[Middle English cicoree (from Old French cichoree) and French chicorée, both from Latin cichorium, cichorēum, from Greek kikhoreia, pl. diminutive of kikhorā.]
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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.
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