lamb's lettuce

noun

corn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta, a small plant of the family Caprifoliaceae whose leaves are used in salads.

Similar
common corn saladValerianella olitoriaValerianella locusta

Meanings

nounlamb's lettuce (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecorn salad or mâche, Valerianella locusta, a small plant of the family Caprifoliaceae whose leaves are used in salads.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwidely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed

Similar
common corn saladValerianella olitoriaValerianella locusta
Broader

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Chicago

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