Meanings
nouncorn salad (countable and uncountable, plural corn salads)
plural corn salads
- countableuncountableAny of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.
Origin
From corn + salad; plant so called from being commonly found as a weed in grain fields.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خَسّ النَّعْجَة, خَسّ الضَأْن
- خَسّ النَّعْجَة (ḵass an-naʕja)a plant
- خَسّ الضَأْن (ḵass aḍ-ḍaʔn)a plant
- خَسّ الْخَرُوف (ḵass al-ḵarūf)a plant
Catalan herba dels canonges
- herba dels canongesa plant
Chinese Mandarin 萵苣纈草 /莴苣缬草, 野苣
- 萵苣纈草 /莴苣缬草 (wōjùxiécǎo)a plant
- 野苣 (yějù)a plant
Czech polníček
- polníčeka plant
Dutch veldsla
- veldslaa plant
Estonian põldkännak
- põldkännaka plant
Finnish vuonankaali
- vuonankaalia plant
French mâche, doucette
- mâchea plant
- doucettea plant
German Feldsalat, Rapunzel
- Feldsalata plant
- Rapunzela plant
Greek λυκοτρίβολο
- λυκοτρίβολο (lykotrívolo)a plant
Hungarian madársaláta
- madársalátaa plant
Irish leitís uain
- leitís uaina plant
Italian valerianella, dolcetta
- valerianellaa plant
- dolcettaa plant
Lithuanian sultenė, salotinė sultenė
- sultenėa plant
- salotinė sultenėa plant
Polish roszpunka, roszponka
- roszpunkaa plant
- roszponkaa plant
Portuguese alface-de-cordeiro
- alface-de-cordeiroa plant
Romanian fetică
- feticăa plant
Russian полево́й сала́т, сала́т полево́й
- полево́й сала́т (polevój salát)a plant
- сала́т полево́й (salát polevój)a plant
Spanish canónigo
- canónigoa plant
Swedish klynne
- klynnea plant
Turkish kuzugevreği
- kuzugevreğia plant
Cite this entry
APA
corn salad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20salad
MLA
“corn salad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20salad. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corn salad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corn%20salad.
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