Phrase guide

corn salad

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of various types of salad made using corn (maize).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

a plant of the genus Valerianella

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: common corn salad, lamb's lettuce, Valerianella olitoria, Valerianella locusta

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَسّ النَّعْجَة (ḵass an-naʕja) — a plant
  • Arabic: خَسّ الضَأْن (ḵass aḍ-ḍaʔn) — a plant
  • Arabic: خَسّ الْخَرُوف (ḵass al-ḵarūf) — a plant
  • Catalan: herba dels canonges — a plant
  • Czech: polníček — a plant
  • Dutch: veldsla — a plant
  • Estonian: põldkännak — a plant
  • Finnish: vuonankaali — a plant
  • French: mâche — a plant
  • French: doucette — a plant
  • Galician: herba dos cóengos — a plant
  • German: Feldsalat — a plant
  • German: Rapunzel — a plant
  • Greek: λυκοτρίβολο (lykotrívolo) — a plant
  • Hungarian: madársaláta — a plant
  • Irish: leitís uain — a plant
  • Italian: valerianella — a plant
  • Italian: dolcetta — a plant
  • Lithuanian: sultenė — a plant
  • Lithuanian: salotinė sultenė — a plant
  • Norman: bourse — a plant
  • Polish: roszpunka — a plant
  • Polish: roszponka — a plant
  • Portuguese: alface-de-cordeiro — a plant
  • Romanian: fetică — a plant
  • Russian: полево́й сала́т (polevój salát) — a plant
  • Russian: сала́т полево́й (salát polevój) — a plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: matovílac — a plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòljska saláta — a plant
  • Spanish: canónigo — a plant
  • Swedish: klynne — a plant
  • Turkish: kuzugevreği — a plant