endive
[ en-dahyv, ahn-deev; French ahn-deev ]
/ ˈɛn daɪv, ˈɑn div; French ɑ̃ˈdiv /
noun, plural en·dives [en-dahyvz, ahn-deevz; French ahn-deev] /ˈɛn daɪvz, ˈɑn divz; French ɑ̃ˈdiv/.
a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads.
Compare escarole.
Also called Belgian endive, French endive, witloof.
a young chicory plant, deprived of light to form a narrow head of whitish leaves that are eaten as a cooked vegetable or used raw in salads.
Furniture.
an ornamental motif having the form of an arrangement of acanthus or endive leaves.
Origin of endive
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French ≪ Medieval Greek
entýbia, plural of
entýbion, derivative of earlier
éntybon < Latin
intubum,
intibum, earlier
intubus chicory, endive, perhaps < Semitic
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British Dictionary definitions for endive
endive
/ (ˈɛndaɪv) /
noun
a plant, Cichorium endivia, cultivated for its crisp curly leaves, which are used in salads: family Asteraceae (composites)
Compare chicory
Word Origin for endive
C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin
endīvia, variant of Latin
intubus, entubus, of uncertain origin