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succory

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Chicory Extract
Enjoyed for centuries for its highly beneficial qualities.
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suc⋅co⋅ry

  [suhk-uh-ree]
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–noun, plural -ries.
chicory.
Origin:
1525–35; < MLG suckerie, perh. < ML, b. L succus juice and cichorium chicory; the plant's roots are full of sap
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Chicory Extract
Enjoyed for centuries for its highly beneficial qualities.
www.lepicerie.com
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.]
suc·co·ry   (sŭk'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. suc·co·ries
See chicory.

[Perhaps alteration (influenced by Middle Low German suckerie or Middle Dutch suckereie) of Middle English cicoree; see chicory.]
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