noun
- a plant with blue flowers whose leaves are used in salads and whose roots are used as a coffee substitute
Examples
- The farmer grew chicory in his vegetable garden.
- Chicory leaves add a slightly bitter taste to the salad.
- During wartime, people often used chicory root as a coffee substitute.
- The blue chicory flowers bloomed along the roadside.
- She mixed chicory with regular coffee to reduce the caffeine.
- Wild chicory can be found growing in fields and meadows.