An herb, the roots of which are dried, ground; roasted and used to flavor coffee
Chicory is a plant with crunchy bitter tasting leaves. It is eaten in salads, and its roots are sometimes used instead of coffee. Blue-flowered perennial plant (Cichorium intybus) of the composite family. Native to Europe, it was introduced to the U.S. late in the 19th century. Chicory has a long, fleshy taproot; a rigid, branching, hairy stem; and lobed, toothed leaves, similar in appearance to dandelion leaves, around the base. Both roots and leaves are edible. The roots are used as a flavouring in or substitute for coffee. The plant is also grown as a fodder or herbage crop for cattle
root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee
An endive relative with curly, slightly bitter leaves that are used in salads or cooked as greens "Radicchio" is the red-leafed Italian chicory "Succory," a coffee substitute, comes from the roasted, ground chicory roots
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
crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee 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 the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute
A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive