witloof

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsendiveCichorium endivia

   Broaderherb

   Part ofCichorium

   Partschicory escaroleBelgian endive
2. 2.

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

   SynonymsBelgian endiveFrench endive

   Broaderchicory escarole

   Part ofendive

Other forms of witloof

plural

witloofs·

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 witloof

What does witloof mean?

witloof 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 witloof?

witloof has 2 syllables: wit-loof. The stress falls on "wit".

What is another word for witloof?

Close synonyms include endive, Cichorium endivia, Belgian endive, French endive. 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 witloof a common word?

witloof 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.