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wit⋅loof

  [wit-lohf]
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–noun
endive (def. 2).
Origin:
1880–85; < D, equiv. to wit white + loof foliage. See white, leaf

en⋅dive

  [en-dahyv, ahn-deev; Fr. ahn-deev]
–noun, plural -dives  [-dahyvz, -deevz; Fr. -deev] .
1. a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads. Compare escarole.
2. Also called Belgian endive, French endive, witloof. a young chicory plant, deprived of light to form a narrow head of whitish leaves that are eaten as a cooked vegetable or used raw in salads.
3. Furniture. an ornamental motif having the form of an arrangement of acanthus or endive leaves.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < MF≪ MGk entýbia, pl. of entýbion, deriv. of earlier éntybon < L intubum, intibum, earlier intubus chicory, endive, perh. < Sem
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en·dive   (ěn'dīv', ŏn'dēv')   


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n.  

    1. An Indian plant (Cichorium endivia) cultivated for its crown of crisp succulent leaves used in salads. Also called frisée.

    2. Escarole.

  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.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin endivia, from Medieval Greek entubia, pl. diminutive of Greek entubon, perhaps from Egyptian tybi, January (because the plant grows in this month).]
wit·loof   (wĭt'lōf')   
n.  See endive.

[Dutch dialectal : wit, white (from Middle Dutch; see kweit- in Indo-European roots) + loof, leaf (from Middle Dutch).]
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