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Endive   /ˈɛndɪv/   Listen
Endive

noun
1.
Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched.  Synonyms: Cichorium endivia, witloof.
2.
Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges.  Synonyms: chicory escarole, escarole.



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"Endive" Quotes from Famous Books



... not necessary to depend entirely upon the usual salad vegetables, such as lettuce, endive, watercress, mustard and cress. The very finely shredded hearts of raw Brussel sprouts are excellent, and even the heart of a Savoy cabbage. Then the finely chopped inside sticks of a tender head of celery are very good. Also young spinach leaves, dandelion ...
— The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d ed. • Florence Daniel

... Endive.—Sow at intervals from May till the end of August, but the principal sowing, to stand the winter, should be made the first week in August, giving the plants the protection of a frame. When the early ...
— Gardening for the Million • Alfred Pink

... end to the annual ritual of filling the budget with pork-barrel appropriations. Every year, the press has a field day making fun of outrageous examples, a Lawrence Welk Museum, a research grant for Belgian Endive. We all know how these things get into the budget, and maybe you need someone to help you say no. I know how to say it. And you know what I need to make it stick. Give me the same thing 43 governors have—the line-item veto—and let ...
— State of the Union Addresses of George H.W. Bush • George H.W. Bush



Words linked to "Endive" :   herbaceous plant, salad green, Cichorium, herb, genus Cichorium, salad greens



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