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endive

/ˈɛndaɪv/US/ˈɛndaɪv/

endive noun: a leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).

endive: a leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium...
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Noun

endive (countable and uncountable, plural endives)

  1. A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
    • 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 […]1787, Charlotte Mason, The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table, page 192
    • Take the three heads of endive out of the water, drain them, and leave the largest whole.1805, William Augustus Henderson, The Housekeeper's Instructor, Or, Universal Family Cook, page 110

endive meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

endive in Tamil

சுருள் இலைச் செடி

endive in Arabic

leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʔ

endive in Persian

leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
هندبا hendebâ, آندیو ândiv

Examples of endive in a sentence

  • Endive, like a number of similar plants, is both esculent and reputed to have some aphrodisiac property.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 83:
  • Endive and escarole are the same vegetable, but endive has leaves that are cut and curled, while escarole has smooth, broad leaves.2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables, page 146:

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Forms of endive

pluralendives
alternative form (obsolete)endyve

Origin of endive

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.

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Questions about endive

What does endive mean?
Endive means a leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
What is endive in Tamil?
Endive in Tamil is சுருள் இலைச் செடி. See Endive meaning in Tamil.
How do you use endive in a sentence?
Endive, like a number of similar plants, is both esculent and reputed to have some aphrodisiac property.
What part of speech is endive?
Endive is a noun.
How do you pronounce endive?
Endive is pronounced /ˈɛndaɪv/ (US).
What is the plural of endive?
The plural of endive is endives.

Words near endive in the dictionary

  1. endite
  2. endited
  3. endites
  4. enditic
  5. enditing
  6. endive
  7. endives
  8. endixaprine
  9. endjoining
  10. endknot
  11. endknots

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: endive (page history and authors); endive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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