endive

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A leafy salad vegetable which is often confused with chicory
{n} a common salad-herb, succory
Endive is a type of plant with crisp curly leaves that is eaten in salads
French sour tasting vegetables usually served in salads
Endive is a type of a plant with crisp bitter leaves that can be cooked or eaten raw in salads. Edible annual leafy plant (Cichorium endivia) of the composite family. It is variously believed to have originated in Egypt and Indonesia, and it has been cultivated in Europe since the 16th century. The many kinds of endive form two groups: the curly or narrow-leaved endive (C. endivia, variety crispa) and the Batavian, or broad-leaved, endive (C. endivia, variety latifolia), which is also called escarole. The former is used mostly for salads, the latter for cooking
a curly, green leafy vegetable
widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
Closely related to and often confused with chicory, endive comes in two main varieties - Belgian and curly Belgian endive is creamy white and oblong with pale yellow tips; it's grown completely in the dark to prevent it from turning green Curly endive has prickly dark green leaves and a pleasantly bitter flavor
Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad
This salad green is related to the chicory Belgian endives are grown in darkness and never turn green Curly endive has curly leaves and a slightly biter taste Escarole is the mildest variety of endive
{i} type of chicory, plant whose leaves are used in salads
A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia)
A carved leaf motif, resembling a leaf of endive (the crown of the chicory plant)
variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
Also known as Belgaina endive, French endive, and witloof chicory Endive is the blanched shoots of a chicory root To produce blanched (white) shoot, the roots are dug up and stored in a cool, darkened location or in forcing beds, when they are covered with sand They are harvested when they are 4 to 6 inches long and about 1 1/2 inches wide It can be eaten raw as a salad green or braised in butter or cream sauce as a side dish
Closely related to and often confused with chicory, endive comes in two main varieties: Belgian and curly Belgian endive is creamy white and oblong with pale yellow tips; it's grown completely in the dark to prevent it from turning green Curly endive has prickly dark green leaves and a pleasantly bitter flavor
One of three types of plants: Belgian endive, which is grown without light to produce white leaves, curly endive with curled, lacy leaves, and escarole Escarole is the mildest, the other varieties being bitter
belgian endive
young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head
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