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hendibeh en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔ).

Meanings

  1. (dated) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
    • In like manner, there can be little doubt that the specific terms Endivia and Intybus, are both derived from the Arabic name hendibeh. 1829, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants, page 679:
    • Not wasting a good source-word, ancient plant-namers also transformed hendibeh into the related endive (Cichorium endiva). 2020, Julie Bruton-Seal, Matthew Seal, The Big Book of Backyard Medicine, The Ultimate Guide to Home-Grown Herbal Remedies:
    • The specific name, Intybus, is a modification of another Eastern name for the plant, hendibeh; and the endive of the garden, the C. endivia of science, an allied but foreign species, derives both its common and specific names from the same word. 1878, Frederick Edward Hulme, Familiar Wild Flowers, page 82: