mimosa salad

noun

A festive salad, popular in the former USSR, made with cheese, eggs, canned fish, onion, and mayonnaise.

OriginRussian сала́т мимо́за →
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Meanings

nounmimosa salad (countable and uncountable, plural mimosa salads)

plural mimosa salads

  1. countableuncountableA festive salad, popular in the former USSR, made with cheese, eggs, canned fish, onion, and mayonnaise.

Origin

  1. Russianсала́т мимо́за
  2. Englishmimosa salad

Calque of Russian сала́т мимо́за (salát mimóza), from its resemblance to mimosa flowers scattered on the snow in spring.

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Chicago

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