# chicory

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʃɪkəɹi/ · frequency rank #59,953

## Definitions
1. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
2. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
3. Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
4. A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.

## Etymology
From Late Middle English cicoree, cicory, cicorea, sicory, sycory (“common chicory (Cichorium intybus); heliotrope”), from Old French cicoree (modern French chicorée (“common chicory; endive; coffee substitute made from common chicory”)), or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin cicorea, cichorea, *cichōria, from Latin cichorium, cichoreum (“common chicory; endive”), from Ancient Greek κίχορα (kíkhora), κιχόρεια (kikhóreia), neuter plural of κιχώριον (kikhṓrion, “chicory”). The English word is cognate with Italian cicórea, and is a doublet of succory.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chicory