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SUCCORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does succory mean?
• SUCCORY (noun)
The noun SUCCORY has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: SUCCORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
chicory; chicory plant; Cichorium intybus; succory
Hypernyms ("succory" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Meronyms (parts of "succory"):
chicory; curly endive (crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste)
chicory; chicory root (the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute)
Holonyms ("succory" is a member of...):
Cichorium; genus Cichorium (chicory)
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