As nouns the difference between chicory and hickory
is that chicory is either of two plants of the Asteraceae family while hickory is any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or genus: Annamocarya.
As an adjective hickory is
of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.
chicory
English
Noun
(chicories)
(botany) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family
# (common chicory) (Cichorium intybus ), the source of radicchio, Belgian endive, and sugarloaf.
# endive (Cichorium endivia )
Derived terms
* (leaf chicory)
* (root chicory)
hickory
Alternative forms
* hiccory, hickery, hickry, pokickery
Adjective
(-)
Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.
Noun
(hickories)
Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or .
(uncountable) The wood of these trees.
Derived terms
* brown hickory
* hickory cloth
* hickory nut
* hickory shad
* swamp hickory
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