Found 2 items, similar to Endive.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: endive
endive
n 1: widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green;
either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are
usually blanched [syn:
witloof,
Cichorium endivia]
2: variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
[syn:
chicory escarole,
escarole]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Endive
Endive
\En"dive\, n. [F. endive (cf. Pr., Sp. Pg., & It.
endivia), fr. a deriv. of L. intibus, intybus, endive.]
(Bot.)
A composite herb (
Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided
and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.
[1913 Webster]
Wild endive (Bot.), chicory or succory.
[1913 Webster]