corn salad

See also: cornsalad

English

Etymology

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

Noun

corn salad leaves

corn salad (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

(Other common names of V. locusta): cornsalad, common corn salad, European cornsalad, field salad, lamb's lettuce, Lewiston cornsalad, mâche, milk grass, rapunzel, smooth-fruited milk grass

Translations

a plant

Czech: polníček m
Dutch: veldsla (nl)
French: mâche (fr) f, doucette (fr) f
Galician: herba dos cóengos (gl) f
German: Feldsalat (de) m, Rapunzel (de)
Irish: leitís uain f

Italian: valerianella (it) f, dolcetta f
Norman: bourse f (Jersey)
Polish: roszpunka f, roszponka (pl) f
Portuguese: alface-de-cordeiro f
Romanian: fetică (ro) f
Spanish: canónigo m

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