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1 Divided by naturalists into wild chicory or endive, the Cichorium intybus of Linnæus, and cultivated endive, the Cichorium endivia of Linnæus. The name "endive" comes from the Arabian "hindeb;" but whether that was derived from the Latin "intubum," or vice versâ, is uncertain. The two kinds above mentioned, are subdivided, Fée says, into two varieties, the cultivated and the wild. See B. xix. c. 39.
2 The foundation of the Greek name, κιχώριον, and the Arabic "Schikhrieh."
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