FRENCH ENDIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does French endive mean? 

• FRENCH ENDIVE (noun)
  The noun FRENCH ENDIVE has 1 sense:

1. young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head

  Familiarity information: FRENCH ENDIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRENCH ENDIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Belgian endive; French endive; witloof

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

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

Holonyms ("French 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)