1. • noun - the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute
   • 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
   • noun - root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee
   • noun - crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
2. • A perennial herb (Cichorium intybus) of the composite family, native to the Old World, widely naturalized in North America, and having rayed flower heads with blue florets.
   • Any of various forms of this plant having edible leaves, such as radicchio.
   • The dried, roasted, ground roots of this plant, used as an adulterant of or substitute for coffee.
3. • n - a perennial herb

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