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Perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads
Answer for the clue "Perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads ", 7 letters:
succory
Word definitions for succory in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads [syn: chicory , chicory plant , Cichorium intybus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Succory \Suc"co*ry\, n. [Corrupted from chicory.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cichorium . See Chicory .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. chicory (''Cichorium intybus'')
Usage examples of succory.
The Succory or Cichorium was known to the Romans, and was eaten by them as a vegetable, or in salads.
Others are scattered on the mounds and in the meads adjoining, where may be collected some heath still in bloom, prunella, hypericum, white yarrow, some heads of red clover, some beautiful buttercups, three bits of blue veronica, wild chamomile, tall yellowwood, pink centaury, succory, dock cress, daisies, fleabane, knapweed, and delicate blue harebells.
Others are scattered on the mounds and in the meads adjoining, where may be collected some heath still in bloom, prunella, hypericum, white yarrow, some heads of red clover, some beautiful buttercups, three bits of blue veronica, wild chamomile, tall yellowwood, pink centaury, succory, dock cress, daisies, fleabane, knapweed, and delicate blue harebells.
Green seeming to be the first supervenient, or above-ground complexion of Vegetables, separable in many upon ligature or inhumation, as Succory, Endive, Artichoaks, and which is also lost upon fading in the Autumn.