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Chicory vs Hickory - What's the difference?

chicory | hickory |

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)

    External links

    * ("chicory" on Wikipedia) * (Cichorium)

    hickory

    English

    (wikipedia 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

    References