chicory

chicory is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.
2. noun. The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee.
3. noun. crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
4. noun. root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee
5. noun. perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads

   Synonyms: succory

6. noun. the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute

Synonyms

succory

Common word forms

chicories

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