Middle English Dictionary Entry
cicorēa, cicorẹ̄e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cicorēa, cicorẹ̄e n. Also cicory, sicory. |
| Etymology | ML cic(h)orea & OF cicorée (from Gr. kichóreia). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The chicory (Cichorium intybus); also, heliotrope.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1400 : The sterre ellefthe is Venenas..Thilke herbe also which him befalleth, Cicorea the bok it calleth.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)227b/b : Floures som tyme torneþ to warde þe sonne..as it fareþ in þe herbe eleutropia þat hatte solsequium..manye clepiþ if cicorea.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)329/22 : Medicyns..repercussiuis ben þese: Solatrum..cicorea, Endiua.
- ?a1425 Alphita (Sln 284)178 : Solsequium, incuba siluaticum, cicorea idem, gall. et ang. cicoree.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)161a/b : Medicinez digestiuez of colre..Endiuia, tenella, Scariola, Cicorea.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)69/2 : Tak mynt, borage, cicory.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)146 : Hertestonge, sycory, violet.