hendibeh
English
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[edit]Borrowed from Arabic هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔ).
Noun
[edit]hendibeh
- (dated) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
- 1829, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants, page 679:
- In like manner, there can be little doubt that the specific terms Endivia and Intybus, are both derived from the Arabic name hendibeh.
- 1878, Frederick Edward Hulme, Familiar Wild Flowers, page 82:
- 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.
- 2020, Julie Bruton-Seal, Matthew Seal, The Big Book of Backyard Medicine, The Ultimate Guide to Home-Grown Herbal Remedies:
- Not wasting a good source-word, ancient plant-namers also transformed hendibeh into the related endive (Cichorium endiva).