chicory

noun4

1. •
   Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
2. •
   (UK) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

   • In its fresh vegetable state, chicory, or succory—the Cichorium Intybus of botanists, is said to be a good tonic, and to have the effect of an aperient. — 1849
3. •
   (US, Canada) Endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.

   • The leaves of the cultivated chicory, endive, when blanched, form an ingredient in early spring salads. — 1821
4. •
   A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.