chicory
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute
Types & categories
- root hypernym
Parts & wholes
- succory part holonym
Sense 2 noun
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
Types & categories
- herb hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Cichorium member holonym
- curly endive part meronym
- chicory part meronym
Sense 3 noun
root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee
Types & categories
- coffee substitute hypernym
Sense 4 noun
crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
Types & categories
- salad green hypernym
- radicchio hyponym
Parts & wholes
- succory part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | succory |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | root |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Cichorium |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | curly endive |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chicory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | herb |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | coffee substitute |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | succory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | salad green |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | radicchio |