Sentence:  <WSD>Chicories</WSD> are a cool-weather salad staple throughout most of Italy. They include the rustic cutting <WSD>chicories</WSD> sometimes found growing wild in Italy, the burgundy-colored heading radicchios, and the elegant Belgian endive. All <WSD>chicories</WSD> share a mildly bitter taste that can be mitigated by blanching them and soaking them in salted water. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The common chicory ("Cichorium intybus"), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.