chicory

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʃɪkəɹi/|/ˈtʃɪkɹi/    美 /ˈt͡ʃɪkəɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family. countable
    — Endive—is another species of chicory, and a native of the East Indies. It was introduced into this country in 1548, is a hardy annual, requires a rich soil to secure its rapid maturity, and is blanched by tying up the leaves when it has attained its full growth. [...] It is used as a salad, ragout, or as a constituent of soups, &c.; and is considered very digestible and well adapted as a green vegetable for those who have delicate digestive organs.
  2. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.; Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names. UK,countable,uncountable
    — sugarloaf chicory
  3. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.; Endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée. Canada,US,countable,uncountable
    — The leaves of the cultivated chicory, endive, when blanched, form an ingredient in early spring salads.
  4. A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee. uncountable
    — The Coffee planters have invariably waged war against the use of Chicory, under the conscientious conviction that every ounce of Chicory consumed in England displaced an ounce of their Coffee in the market. [...] That the prudent, sensible, moderate use of Chicory has been abused, there can be no question; but the same remark applies to everything which has every been found useful in any branch of manufacture whatever.

词形变化

chicories plural chickory alternative chiccory alternative,dated

词汇关系

衍生词
California chicory chicoric acid chicoried chicory button chicory coffee chicorylike desert chicory Italian chicory leaf chicory root chicory white chicory wild chicory
相关词
chicon cichoraceous Cichorieae Cichorium treviso

词源

From Late Middle English cicoree, cicory, cicorea, sicory, sycory (“common chicory (Cichorium intybus); heliotrope”), from Old French cicoree (modern French chicorée (“common chicory; endive; coffee substitute made from common chicory”)), or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin cicorea, cichorea, *cichōria, from Latin cichorium, cichoreum (“common chicory; endive”), from Ancient Greek κίχορα (kíkhora), κιχόρεια (kikhóreia), neuter plural of κιχώριον (kikhṓrion, “chicory”). The English word is cognate with Italian cicórea, and is a doublet of succory.
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