endive
/'endiv/
Definition
- Noun:
- A cultivated plant (Cichorium endivia) of the daisy family, with crisp, curly or broad, slightly bitter leaves that are eaten raw in salads or cooked.
- Specifically, a variety of this plant with narrow, curly, frilly-edged leaves (often called frisée), or a variety with broad, flat, pale leaves (often called escarole or Batavian endive).
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The salad was made with fresh endive, walnuts, and blue cheese.
- She prefers the slightly bitter taste of curly endive in her salads.
- The recipe calls for one head of broad-leaved endive, chopped.
Advanced Usage
- Culinary Context: In culinary terminology, "endive" can sometimes cause confusion. In American English, "endive" often refers to the curly or broad-leafed green, while "Belgian endive" refers to a different, related plant () with small, pale, cigar-shaped heads. The term is used precisely to specify salad ingredients.
- The menu listed an endive and pear salad, but it was actually made with Belgian endive.
Variants and Related Words
- Escarole: Another common name for the broad-leafed variety of endive.
- Frisée: A common name for the curly, frilly-leafed variety of endive.
- Chicory: A related plant; in some regions, "chicory" is used interchangeably with "endive," which can be a source of confusion.
Synonyms
- Salad green: A general term for leafy vegetables eaten raw in salads.
- Bitter green: A descriptive term for greens like endive, radicchio, and dandelion greens, which have a characteristic bitter flavor.
Related Phrases
- (To be) as bitter as endive: An informal comparative phrase highlighting the characteristic bitter taste.
- The criticism was as bitter as endive.
Related Idioms
- No idioms are directly and exclusively derived from the word "endive." It is primarily a specific culinary and botanical term.
Noun
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variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
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widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
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