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How to use chicory in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Chicory means either of two plants of the Asteraceae family. Example: “Planted here are yarrow (Achillea millefolium), chicory (Cichorium intybus), bee balm (Monarda didyma), and sorrel (Rumex acetosa).”

Examples of chicory by meaning

nounCommon chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

  • Planted here are yarrow (Achillea millefolium), chicory (Cichorium intybus), bee balm (Monarda didyma), and sorrel (Rumex acetosa).1980 June, The National Herb Garden at the U.S. National Arboretum (Program Aid; no. 1261), [Washington, D.C.]: Agricultural Research...
  • Chicories are a cool-weather salad staple throughout most of Italy.1999, Rosalind Creasy, “Italian Garden Encyclopedia [Chicories (cicorie): Cichorium intybus]”, in The Edible Italian Garden, North...
  • Chickory and radicchio (Cichorium intybus), which is a red-leafed chickory, can add a slightly bitter tang to a salad.2012, Claire Splan, “Fruits, Herbs, Nuts & Vegetables [Lettuce]”, in California Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Eat the Best...

More sentences with chicory

  • We would mix a French Roast with ground chicory for the clients.2014 June 26, Laura Fuentes, “How to Make Cafe au Lait Like Cafe du Monde”, in Laura Fuentes Fresh Living. From the entry café au laits
  • Examples of leafy vegetables are broccoli, spinach, celery, and chicory.2013, Anselm Anyoha, MD, How Broccoli-Head Lost Thirty Pounds: A Handbook for Healthy Living, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry broccoli
  • Like chicory and Belgian endive, escarole’s bitterness is its attraction.2001, “Vegetables”, in Susan Westmoreland, editor, The Good Housekeeping Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Books, →ISBN, page 432, column 2. From the entry escarole
  • A chicory blue sky, not a snowcloud in sight, bends warm shafts of sunlight through the kitchen windows.2000, Rita J. McNamara, Walking in Circles: Notes from the Middle of Nowhere, Xlibris US, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry snowcloud
  • Less offally dishes include crispy breast of duck with lime and orange and boned baby chicken cooked with caramelised chicory.1994, Egon Ronay, Egon Ronay's Cellnet Guide, Hotels & Restaurants, page 775. From the entry offally
  • In Louisiana, a variation of red-eye gravy is made with slow-cooked beef, and the coffee will, as likely as not, contain chicory.2019 February 8, Gary Allen, author of Sausage: A Global History, Sauces Reconsidered: Après Escoffier, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page…. From the entry red-eye
  • He had a chicory kiln and a couta boat there, both of which he′d built himself, but in my time he scarcely used them.2003, Jan Bassett, The Facing Island: A Personal History, page 5. From the entry couta boat
  • Everything was very simple—typically French coffee, served in a bowl and strongly flavored with chicory, along with a piece of bread—yet I was received as an old friend.2014, Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby, My Battle Against Hitler. From the entry French coffee

Meaning of chicory

  1. noun Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
  2. noun Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.
  3. noun Endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.

Full definition of chicory

Questions about chicory in a sentence

How do you use chicory in a sentence?
Chicory is used as a noun. For example: “Planted here are yarrow (Achillea millefolium), chicory (Cichorium intybus), bee balm (Monarda didyma), and sorrel (Rumex acetosa).”
What is a short sentence with chicory?
“Chicories are a cool-weather salad staple throughout most of Italy.”
What does chicory mean?
Chicory means either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.

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