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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corn salad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
corn sal-ad
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

corn salads (plural)

Phrases

beaked corn salad Edwards Plateau corn salad European corn salad goosefoot corn salad hairy corn salad Italian corn salad longtube corn salad narrowcell corn salad

Questions

What does corn salad mean?
Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.
Where does corn salad come from?
From corn + salad; plant so called from being commonly found as a weed in grain fields.

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