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CHICORY ESCAROLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
Synonyms:
chicory escarole; endive; escarole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("chicory escarole" 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 "chicory escarole"):
Belgian endive; French endive; witloof (young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head)
Holonyms ("chicory escarole" 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)
