Meanings
nounsalad burnet (usually uncountable, plural salad burnets)
plural salad burnets
- uncountableusuallyA perennial herb in the rose family, Sanguisorba minor, grown for its cucumber-flavored leaves that are used in salads.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEuropean garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
Similar
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan pimpinella
- pimpinellaSanguisorba minor
Dutch kleine pimpernel
- kleine pimpernelSanguisorba minor
Estonian harilik mustnupp
- harilik mustnuppSanguisorba minor
Finnish pikkuluppio
- pikkuluppioSanguisorba minor
German Pimpinelle, Kleiner Wiesenknopf
- PimpinelleSanguisorba minor
- Kleiner WiesenknopfSanguisorba minor
Spanish pimpinela minor
- pimpinela minorSanguisorba minor
Swedish pimpinell
- pimpinellSanguisorba minor
Cite this entry
APA
salad burnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salad%20burnet
MLA
“salad burnet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salad%20burnet. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salad burnet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salad%20burnet.
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