corn salad

corn salad

n.

Any of several plants of the genus Valerianella, especially a Eurasian annual (V. locusta or V. olitoria), having small, white to pale bluish flowers and edible young leaves used in salads or as a potherb. Also called lamb's lettuce, mache.

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corn salad

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any valerianaceous plant of the genus Valerianella, esp the European species V. locusta, which often grows in cornfields and whose leaves are sometimes used in salads Also called lamb's lettuce

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Noun

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corn salad - a plant of the genus Valerianella     herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Valerianella, Valerianella - genus of Old World annual herbs widely naturalized common corn salad, lamb's lettuce, Valerianella locusta, Valerianella olitoria - widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed