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Meaning of "chicory" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHICORY

From Old French chicorée, from Latin cichorium, from Greek kikhōrion.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHICORY

chicory  [ˈtʃɪkərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHICORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chicory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHICORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chicory

Chicory

Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons, or for roots, which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also grown as a forage crop for livestock. It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and in North America and Australia, where it has become widely naturalized. "Chicory" is also the common name in the United States for curly endive; these two closely related species are often confused.

Definition of chicory in the English dictionary

The definition of chicory in the dictionary is Also called: succory. a blue-flowered plant, Cichorium intybus, cultivated for its leaves, which are used in salads, and for its roots: family Asteraceae. Other definition of chicory is the root of this plant, roasted, dried, and used as a coffee substitute.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHICORY


apothecary
əˈpɒθɪkərɪ
bakery
ˈbeɪkərɪ
bibliothecary
ˌbɪblɪˈɒθɪkərɪ
chiccory
ˈtʃɪkərɪ
cookery
ˈkʊkərɪ
fakery
ˈfeɪkərɪ
fikery
ˈfaɪkərɪ
flickery
ˈflɪkərɪ
formicary
ˈfɔːmɪkərɪ
hickory
ˈhɪkərɪ
hypothecary
hɪˈpɒθɪkərɪ
pickery
ˈpɪkərɪ
pothecary
ˈpɒθɪkərɪ
rakery
ˈreɪkərɪ
snickery
ˈsnɪkərɪ
spikery
ˈspaɪkərɪ
Terpsichore
tɜːpˈsɪkərɪ
trickery
ˈtrɪkərɪ
vicary
ˈvɪkərɪ
Zachary
ˈzækərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHICORY

chicken-fried
chicken-fried steak
chicken-hearted
chicken-heartedly
chicken-heartedness
chicken-livered
chickenpox
chickenshit
chickling
chickpea
chickweed
chickweed wintergreen
Chiclayo
chicle
chicle gum
chicly
chicness
chico
chicories
chide

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHICORY

accessory
advisory
category
cory
directory
factory
Federal Capital Territory
glory
Gregory
history
introductory
inventory
ivory
laboratory
memory
story
succory
territory
theory
victory

Synonyms and antonyms of chicory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chicory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHICORY

Find out the translation of chicory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chicory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chicory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

菊苣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

achicoria
570 millions of speakers

English

chicory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कासनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهندباء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

цикорий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chicória
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিকোরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chicorée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chicory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chicoree
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チコリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

치커리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chicory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rau diếp xoăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிக்கரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निळी फुले असलेले चिकरी नावाचे झाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hindiba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cicoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cykoria
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цикорій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cicoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ραδίκια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sigorei
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

cikoria
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sikori
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chicory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHICORY»

The term «chicory» is regularly used and occupies the 65.499 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHICORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chicory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chicory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chicory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHICORY»

Discover the use of chicory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chicory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chicory Up: The Pixie Chronicles
THE BATTLE FOR THE TEN ACRE WOOD CONTINUES.
Irene Radford, 2012
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Lettuce, endive, and chicory
Introduction to the crops.
Edward J. Ryder, 1999
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Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying, Fifth Edition
BLENDING WITH CHICORY OR FIG Dark-roast coffee is sometimes blended with chicory, particularly in northern France, parts of Asia, and the southern United States. Chicory is an easily grown, disease-resistant relative of the dandelion.
Kenneth Davids, 2001
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Objections to the Treasury Minute, legalising the sale of ...
Difi'erencc between Chicory and Cofi' .. Coffee beneficial—Licbeg . ' Chicory like Dandelion—Pereira .. How hard it is to get pure Coffee ' The buyer cannot protect himself Chicory cannot improve Coffee-lllcCulloc The poor imposed upon The ...
Great Britain. Treasury, 1853
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Coffee: Related Beverages
Roasting of dried pieces of chicory roots is the basic operation in chicory processing that causes the formation of specific colour, flavour and aroma substances distinctive for this product as a beverage. Proper roasting of chicory results in a ...
R.J. Clarke, R. Macrae, 1987
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The National Agricultural Directory 2011
Chicory is also widely used in beverages as a blend with coffee and as an ingredient in pet food and breakfast cereals. • Chicory was first introduced into South Africa for commercial use in 1895 in the Alexandria area in the Eastern Cape.
C. Macaskill, 2010
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Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs
He defended his behavior, protesting that he was dealing with the International Board of Agriculture in London, performing such apolitical tasks as arranging for George Washington to receive some chicory seed. Chicory could grow in a wide  ...
Claire Kowalchik, William H. Hylton, 1998
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Ancient Herbs
chicory Horace, the renowned Roman poet, prays in his Ode to Apollo (1.31) for the gods to grant him in old age yet a bit of lust for life and an ability to enjoy the bitter taste of chicory. With its lovely blue flowers, the plant was grown in virtually  ...
Marina Heilmeyer, 2007
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The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to Old World ...
To this day chicory is found along roadsides. A plant can act as an illustration of biological principles in the human or animal organism, if we can trace out the functions that they themselves depend upon, seeing their correspondences in the  ...
Matthew Wood, 2008
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Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Food Plants
RlGHT: The roots of chicory have commonly been used as a substitute for coffee for many years. Because it has a higher sweetening power than sucrose, chicory is also added to foods as a sweetener BELOW: The leaves of the coconut palm ...
‎2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHICORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chicory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Starbucks now offers cold brew coffee nationwide; it's officially a trend
... a cold brew sweetened with condensed milk, half-and-half, and house-made chicory simple syrup, inspired by Vietnamese and New Orleans ... «WFLA, Jul 15»
2
Like cold coffee? Introducing new drinks from Caphin, District Roasters
My favorite was the traditional, which has a hint of chicory. They cost $4.49 for 16 oz. Also from the Houston area is a new nitro cold brew from ... «austin360, Jul 15»
3
Retro ice cream floats are the ideal summer treat
You can sip a chicory coffee syrup-spiked New Orleans Hangover or an L-O-L-A, with soda, acid phosphate, their own Cole St. Cola and tart ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
4
The New York Times: Russian tourists buy up artisanal cheeses in …
That prospect brings back memories of bland Soviet sweets and a chicory powder that was sold in a metal jar labeled "coffee drink." Time for ... «Charter 97, Jul 15»
5
The whole food truth
Chicory. Spinach. Purslane. Broccoli. Bok choy. Green, the Spokane nutritionist reiterates from booth to booth, is good. It's also at the front of an ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
6
France : chicory prices up compared to last year
Available volume has decreased over the last year due to a decrease in harvest as well as a surplus of foreign trade in the spring compared to ... «FreshPlaza, Jul 15»
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Janice Peterson: This wild weed will leave you burning
I like to try to identify wild flowers that grow along the roadsides as I whiz past them – chicory, Queen Anne's lace, ditch lilies, thistle, pigweed, ... «Janesville Gazette, Jul 15»
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Greenville's Pelham Road shopping center to get another restaurant
It will include a variety of flavored beignets and special chicory coffee. "We just want to be a very fun, family restaurant that people can go to and ... «Greenville News, Jul 15»
9
Where are the cicadas this year? Claws, Wings & Other Things
This Week Outdoors: Many of the large, summer wildflowers are in bloom, including chicory, milkweed and Queen Anne's lace. «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
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Well-Priced, Tasty Wines From Washington State's Maryhill Winery
Dried fruit flavors continue on the finish along with more earth and a touch of chicory. This is an extremely elegant example of cabernet ... «The Daily Meal, Jul 15»

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