chicory vs cornflower

chicory

noun
  • Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family. 

  • The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf. 

  • The endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée. 

  • A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee. 

cornflower

noun
  • A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields). 

  • Cornflower blue. 

  • A plant of the species Cichorium intybus. 

adj
  • Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue. 

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