endive

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɛndaɪv/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɛndaɪv, ɑnˈdiv/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(en′dīv, än′dēv; Fr. än dēv′)

Inflections of 'endive' (n): npl: endives

en•dive n.

en•dive n., pl. -dives

Plant Biologya composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads. Cf. escarole.
Plant BiologyAlso called Belgian endive, French endive, witloof. a young chicory plant, deprived of light to form a narrow head of whitish leaves that are eaten as a cooked vegetable or used raw in salads.
Furniturean ornamental motif having the form of an arrangement of acanthus or endive leaves.

Semitic
Latin intubum, intibum, earlier intubus chicory, endive, perh.
Middle French Medieval Greek entýbia, plural of entýbion, derivative of earlier éntybon
Middle English 1325–75

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endive /ˈɛndaɪv/ n

a plant, Cichorium endivia, cultivated for its crisp curly leaves, which are used in salads: family Asteraceae (composites)
Compare chicory

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Medieval Latin endīvia, variant of Latin intubus, entubus, of uncertain origin

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