Sentence example with the word 'succory'

succory

Definition n. perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads

Last update: September 20, 2015


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On the other side, at the top of the field, it is dry, and blue succory grows, and grows out on the road beyond.   [Please select]

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One of his neighbors erected a Flemish château, another a Florentine palazzo, and a third a François Premier _hôtel_; but his plot of ground remained an unkempt tangle of mullein and blue succory.   [Please select]

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"Fifty years ago," says Buffon (writing in 1749), "our pot-herbs consisted of a single species of succory, and two of lettuce, both very bad; but we have now more than fifty kinds of lettuce and succory, all of which are good."   [Please select]

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This plant, like the succory, is of an ungraceful aspect; yet it has sweet and beautiful blossoms, and as an herb bearing seed is in the front rank.   [Please select]

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They had found a spot to their mind, with plenty of succory and evening primrose, and were wise enough not to forsake it for any uncertainty.   [Please select]

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