noun
1. young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head
• Syn: ↑Belgian endive, ↑French endive
• Hypernyms: ↑chicory escarole, ↑endive, ↑escarole
• Part Holonyms: ↑endive, ↑Cichorium endivia
2. widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
• Syn: ↑endive, ↑Cichorium endivia
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cichorium, ↑genus Cichorium
• Part Meronyms: ↑chicory escarole, ↑endive, ↑escarole, ↑Belgian endive, ↑French endive
Useful english dictionary. 2012.