endive
/ˈɛndaɪv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.03 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "When all this is ready, take some endive and Dutch lettuce, some chervil and celery, wash and drain them very well, cut them small, put them into a saucepan, and pour some of the broth upon them […]"
- "Take the three heads of endive out of the water, drain them, and leave the largest whole."
- "Broad leaved, green curled or white curled, the endive plants are good; the green sorts, on account of their coolness and their plentiful salts, are esteemed for the salad bowl, and the white-curled sorts are liked for soups, stews and as boiled vegetables."
- "Endive, like a number of similar plants, is both esculent and reputed to have some aphrodisiac property."
- "Endive and escarole are the same vegetable, but endive has leaves that are cut and curled, while escarole has smooth, broad leaves."
Etymology
From Middle French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia~endivia, from Byzantine Greek ἐντύβιον (entúbion), from Latin intibus (which see). The ultimate source is likely Semitic.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: endive, endivia, indivia, ἐντύβιον, intibus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛndaɪv/
- British English: /ˈɛndaɪv/