chicory plant

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chicory plant - 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 Cichorium intybus, succory, chicory curly endive, chicory - crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste Cichorium, genus Cichorium - chicory chicory, chicory root - the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests