ENDIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endive mean? 

• ENDIVE (noun)
  The noun ENDIVE has 2 senses:

1. widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched

2. variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

  Familiarity information: ENDIVE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cichorium endivia; endive; witloof

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "endive"):

chicory escarole; endive; escarole (variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges)

Belgian endive; French endive; witloof (young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head)

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

Cichorium; genus Cichorium (chicory)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

chicory escarole; endive; escarole

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

salad green; salad greens (greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endive"):

Belgian endive; French endive; witloof (young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head)

Holonyms ("endive" is a part of...):

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)