1. (

• endive ,
• witloof ,
• Cichorium_endivia

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

2. (

• Belgian_endive ,
• French_endive ,
• witloof

) young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head ;