noun
Origin: ME & OFr < ML endivia < MGr endivi < L intibus < Gr entybon, prob. < Egypt tʾ-ʿʾbt, January (when it is said to grow in Egypt)
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin endivia
Origin: , from Medieval Greek entubia
Origin: , pl. diminutive of Greek entubon
Origin: , perhaps from Egyptian tybi, January (because the plant grows in this month)
.endive
top: Belgian
bottom: curly
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