succory noun. ['sʌk(ǝ)ri] M16.
[Alt. of French cicorée (see CHICORY), after Middle Low German suckerie, Middle Dutch sūkerie (Dutch suiker).]
1. The plant chicory, Cichorium intybus, esp. in its wild form. Also, the leaves and roots of this plant used medicinally and as food. M16.

2. With specifying word: any of various composites, chiefly allied to the chicory. M16.
gum succory US a European wild lettuce, Chondrilla juncea, naturalized as a weed. lamb succory (chiefly US) = swine's succory below. swine's succory a small erect plant, Arnoseris minima, related to nipplewort, found esp. in sandy cornfields.

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