noun, feminine/ɑ̃.div/plural: endives
Belgian endive (edible chicory bud of Cichorium intybus)
“Une salade d'endive.”
Synonyms: chicon
Inherited from Middle French endive, endivie, andive, indivie, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia~endivia, from Byzantine Greek ἐντύβιον (entúbion), from Latin intibus (which see). The ultimate source is likely Semitic.