Noun: endive 'en,dIv
- Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
"She added endive to the salad for its bitter crunch";
- witloof, Cichorium endivia
- Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
"He added chopped endive to the soup for extra flavour";
- chicory escarole, escarole [N. Amer]
Derived forms: endives
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, salad green, salad greens
Part of: Cichorium, genus Cichorium
Encyclopedia: Endive