noun (n)

• widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched(noun.plant)

  Synonym:
  cichorium endivia, witloof
  

  source: wordnet30
• variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges(noun.food)

  Synonym:
  chicory escarole, escarole
  

  source: wordnet30
• A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.(noun)

  source: webster1913