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Belgian endive

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en•dive

(ˈɛn daɪv, ɑnˈdiv)

n.

1. a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads.

2. Also called Belgian endive. a young chicory plant deprived of light to form a narrow head of whitish leaves, eaten in salads or cooked.

[1325–75; Middle English < Middle French « Medieval Greek entýbia, pl. of entýbion, derivative of earlier éntybon < Latin intubum,intibum, earlier intubus chicory, endive, perhaps < Semitic]

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Belgian endive - young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head

French endive, witloof

chicory escarole, escarole, endive - variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

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

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