chicory
n.菊苣
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chicory
/'tʃɪkərɪ; `tʃɪkərɪ/
n [U]
(a) (also endive) blue-flowered plant, the leaves of which are eaten raw in salads 菊苣(开蓝花, 叶可作色拉).
(b) these leaves 菊苣叶.
(c) root of this plant, roasted, ground and used with or instead of coffee 菊苣根(烤後磨碎与咖啡同用或作其代用品).
chicory
n[U][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;Origin: chicorée, from
Latin cichoreum, from
Greek kichoreia]
a European plant whose bitter leaves are eaten in
saladsthe roots of this plant, used in coffee or instead of coffee