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Endite vs Endive - What's the difference?

endite | endive |

As nouns the difference between endite and endive

is that endite is one of the mouthparts of a spider or other arachnids, specifically the lobe of the palpal coxa lateral to the labium while endive is a leafy salad vegetable, species: Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with chicory.

As a verb endite

is obsolete form of indite.

endite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the mouthparts of a spider or other arachnids, specifically the lobe of the palpal coxa lateral to the labium.
  • Verb

    (endit)
  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p.365:
  • They speak of Job and his humility, / For clerics when they wish to can endite / Its praises nobly, and especially, / In men — they praise few women when they write.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    endive

    English

    Noun

  • A leafy salad vegetable, , which is often confused with chicory.
  • Hyponyms

    * , ; (broad-leaved endive)

    Derived terms

    * Belgian endive (from Cichorium intybus )

    See also

    * escarole

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