french endive

1. 1.

   young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head

   SynonymsBelgian endivewitloof

   Broaderchicory escarole

   Part ofendive

Questions about french endive

What does french endive mean?

french endive means "young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head".

What is another word for french endive?

Close synonyms include Belgian endive, witloof. 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 french endive a common word?

french 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.