名詞 chicory:

1. the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute
   同義詞：chicory root
2. perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads
   同義詞：succory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus
3. root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee
   同義詞：chicory root
4. crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
   同義詞：curly endive

chic.o.ry

n.（名詞）
【復數】 chic.o.ries
A perennial herb(Cichorium intybus) of the composite family, native to the Old World, widely naturalized in North America, and having rayed flower heads with blue florets. Also called succory
菊苣：一種多年生菊科草本植物，（菊苣） 原產于東半球，被廣泛引種在北美洲，開有傘形頭樣花序的藍花 也作 succory
Any of various forms of this plant having edible leaves, such as radicchio.
菊苣：這種植物的一些種類，葉可食，如葉可作涼拌生菜的菊苣
The dried, roasted, ground roots of this plant, used as an adulterant of or substitute for coffee.
菊苣根：這種植物被烘干、烤熟并碾碎的根，用來作咖啡的摻雜劑或代用品

來源：
Middle English cicoree from Old French cichoree
中古英語 cicoree 源自 古法語 cichoree
French chicorée
法語 chicorée
both from Latin cichorium, cichorôum
都源自 拉丁語 cichorium, cichorôum
from Greek kikhoreia [pl. diminutive of] kikhora, kikhorô
源自 希臘語 kikhoreia [] kikhora, kikhorô的復數小后綴