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endive|ˈɛndɪv|
Forms: 5–6 endyve, (5 endywe), 6–7 endiue, 6– endive.
[a. Fr. endive = Pr., Sp. and It. endivia:—late L. *intybea adj. fem. f. intibus (intubus, intybus, -um). A late Gr. ἔντυβον (10th c.) is prob. ad. L.]
The name of two species of Chicory (Cichorium, family Compositæ). a. C. Intybus, now called Wild Endive, Succory, or Chicory, indigenous in Europe, and common in a wild state in many parts of England. b. In mod. use chiefly applied to C. Endivia, alleged by some writers to have been imported into Europe from China in the 16th c. Of this there are two varieties, the Batavian or broad-leaved, formerly called also Scariole, and that with a curled or frizzled leaf, which is commonly blanched for use as salad, etc.
Both species have pale blue flowers; the ‘blue endive’ of the poets is C. Intybus.
c1440Promp. Parv. 140 Endyve, herbe, endivia. 1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 28 b, Endyve and Scariole be moche like in their operation to Cykorie. 1597Gerard Herbal ii. xxvii. §4 Curled Endive hath leaues not vnlike to those of the curled or Cabbage Lettuce. 1655Culpepper Riverius i. i. 21 But in Summer we can allow a moderate use of Herbs..as Endive, Succory, Sorrel. 1710Philips Pastorals iv. 8 Daisies white and Endive blue. 1720Gay Poems (1745) I. 113 Upon her grave the rosemary they threw The daisy, butter-flower and endive blue. 1832Veg. Subst. Food 302 Endive..cultivated, if not found wild, in China and Japan. 1882Garden 28 Jan. 62/3 Endive, both curled and Batavian, must be got into cold frames and blanched as required for use. |
