CICHORIUM, or SUCORY, in botany, a genus of the syngenesia polygamia æqualis class. The receptacle is peltaceous; the calix is caliculated; and the pappus has five teeth on its margin. The species are three, only one of which, viz. the intybus, or wild cichory, is a native of Britain. The leaves and root are detergent, aperient, and attenuating.