succory

Other forms of succory

plural

succories·

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 succory

What does succory mean?

succory means "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".

How many syllables are in succory?

succory has 3 syllables and divides as suc-co-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for succory?

Close synonyms include chicory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus. 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 succory a common word?

succory 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.