curly endive

1. 1.

   crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste

   Synonymschicory

   Broadersalad green

   Narrowerradicchio

   Part ofchicory

Questions about curly endive

What does curly endive mean?

curly endive means "crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste".

What is another word for curly endive?

Close synonyms include chicory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is curly endive a common word?

curly endive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.