- (British English) (North American English endive, Belgian endive)[countable, uncountable]
a small pale green plant with bitter leaves that are eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable. The root can be dried and used with or instead of coffee. 菊苣（根干燥后可与咖啡同饮或作其替代品） - (also curly endive, frisée)(all North American English)(British English endive)
a plant with green curly leaves that are eaten raw as a vegetable （卷叶）欧洲菊苣
Word Originlate Middle English: from obsolete French cicorée (earlier form of chicorée) ‘endive’, via Latin from Greek kikhorion.