succory
Plural: succories
Noun
- Another name for chicory, a plant with blue flowers.
- 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
- Chicory (Cichorium intybus).
Examples
- Finding a place for ’SUCCORY’ on the Scrabble board was a bitter-sweet victory.
Origin / Etymology
From earlier Dutch succoreye, sukereye (Modern Dutch suikerij (“chicory”)), from Middle Dutch, from Old French cicorée. Doublet of chicory.
Synonyms
chicory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus, blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailor, blue weed, chicory button, coffeeweed, common chicory, cornflower, hendibeh, horseweed, ragged sailor, swine's succory, wild bachelor's button, wild endive, wild succory
Scrabble Score: 14
succory: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsuccory: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
succory: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary