corn salad

corn salad leaves

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

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

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