Noun
A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.
The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI must say one thing about southern down-home brewed coffee with chicory. If you have worms, you'll never have them again. Clive Cussler
Coffee, drunk without milk and only lightly sweetened, is a basic drink in Appalachia, often consumed with every meal; in wartime, chicory is widely used as a coffee substitute. Source: Internet
Beignets are not commonly found in our city, and since we first sampled them with chicory coffee at Cafe du Monde in New Orleans and watched them make them through the window, we’ve been hooked. Source: Internet
Celebrate Sagra di Radicchio., inspired by the Italian tradition of the sagra (a festival usually celebrating local food), devotes a full week of revelry to the refreshingly bitter radicchio, also known as chicory. Source: Internet
I have some inulin here too not sure how good that will be from chicory root. Source: Internet
These would include resistant starches contained in sweet potatoes, taro, etc. as well as inulin in onions, chicory, jerusalem artichoke, etc. You can also take a prebiotic supplement to see if that helps. Source: Internet