Endive

Endive is a genus (Cichorium) of vegetables, and a common name for a number of plants in that genus, including curly endive (also called frisée), escarole (or "broad-leaf endive"), common endive, and Belgian endive. When the term "endive" is used in a American culinary sense, it nearly always means Belgian endive, but in Europe the term may also refer to curly endive,