endive

1. 1.

   widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched

   SynonymswitloofCichorium endivia

   Broaderherb

   Part ofCichorium

   Partschicory escaroleBelgian endive
2. 2.

   variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

   Synonymschicory escaroleescarole

   Broadersalad green

   NarrowerBelgian endive

Other forms of endive

plural

endives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about endive

What does endive mean?

endive means "widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in endive?

endive has 2 syllables: en-dive. The stress falls on "en". In IPA it is /ˈɛndɪv/.

What is another word for endive?

Close synonyms include witloof, Cichorium endivia, chicory escarole, escarole. 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 endive a common word?

endive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.