CICHORIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cichorium mean? 

• CICHORIUM (noun)
  The noun CICHORIUM has 1 sense:

1. chicory

  Familiarity information: CICHORIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CICHORIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chicory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cichorium; genus Cichorium

Hypernyms ("Cichorium" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Cichorium"):

chicory; chicory plant; Cichorium intybus; succory (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 endivia; endive; witloof (widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched)

Holonyms ("Cichorium" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

 Context examples 

Other examples include a hybrid of zinc and chicory (Cichorium intybus), extracts of seaweed (Gracilaria edulis) and horse mint (Mentha longifolia).

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)