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Definition of Corn salad
1. Noun. A plant of the genus Valerianella.
Group relationships: Genus Valerianella, Valerianella
Specialized synonyms: Common Corn Salad, Lamb's Lettuce, Valerianella Locusta, Valerianella Olitoria
Definition of Corn salad
1. Noun. (American English) Any of various types of salad made using maize ¹
2. Noun. ''Valerianella locusta'', a small plant used in salads and as an herb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corn Salad
Literary usage of Corn salad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"corn salad is both a salad plant and a pot-herb, chiefly the former. The name "corn
salad" is probably derived from the fact that the plant grows ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"It is an Algerian annual used for salad, after the manner of corn salad. ... V.
oli- toria Is the common corn salad and I '. eriocarpa the Italian Corn ..."
3. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"corn salad corn salad is grown as lettuce is. It is a cool-season crop. ... 110.
corn salad seedlings. Two-thirds natural size. corn salad ..."
4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... five on an epigynous ring ; stamens eight or ten; styles two to four ; capsule
with two or four imperfect partitions. [J .TS] CORN-SALAD. ..."
5. The Family Kitchen Gardener: Containing Plain and Accurate Descriptions of by Robert Buist (1861)
"... a few inches apart, and two inches deep : they will soon spread into a large
bush, and not suffer in the extremest cold. corn salad. ..."
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