Obs. [ad. Gr. χονδρῑλη, κονδρίλλη ‘a kind of endive or chicory’; in L. c(h)ondrillē, c(h)ondrillon.] (See quot.)
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 131. Chondrillon or Chondrille … hath leaues like to Endiue or Cichory [marg. ‘gum succorie.’]
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 243. To the wild succory are referred all the sorts of chondrils.
