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endive.

A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛndaɪv/US/ɒnˈdiːv/US/ˈɛndaɪv/UK/ˈɛndɪv/UK
  1. A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).

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Where this word comes from

From Middle French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia~endivia, from Byzantine Greek ἐντύβιον (entúbion), from Latin intibus (which see). The ultimate source is likely Semitic.

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