Sentence:  In its fresh vegetable state, <WSD>chicory</WSD>, or succory—the "Cichorium Intybus" of botanists, is said to be a good tonic, and to have the effect of an aperient. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The common chicory ("Cichorium intybus"), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.