a. Bot. [f. mod.L. cichorāce-æ (f. Cichorium chicory) + -OUS.] Of or belonging to the sub-order Cichoraceæ, comprising those composite plants, which have only ligulate florets, as Chicory, Dandelion, etc.
1729. Martyn, in Phil. Trans., XXXVI. 29. Scariola is a Cichoraceous Plant, with a simple Empalement.
1696. Floyer, Anim. Humours, 151 (J.). The testaceous and bitter cichoraceous Plants.
