corn salad

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.
  2. (US, countable, uncountable) Any of various types of salad made using corn (maize).

Synonyms

lamb’s lettuce

Valerianella locusta

valerianella olitoria

Etymology

From corn + salad; plant so called from being commonly found as a weed in grain fields.

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