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corn salad

corn salad noun: any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.

corn salad: any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially...
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Noun

corn salad (countable and uncountable, plural corn salads)

  1. Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.
  2. (US) Any of various types of salad made using corn (maize).

corn salad meaning in Arabic

corn salad in Arabic

a plant
خَسّ النَّعْجَة ḵass an-naʕja, خَسّ الضَأْن ḵass aḍ-ḍaʔn, خَسّ الْخَرُوف ḵass al-ḵarūf

Forms of corn salad

pluralcorn salads

Origin of corn salad

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

Words formed from corn salad

Questions about corn salad

What does corn salad mean?
Corn salad means any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.
What is corn salad in Arabic?
Corn salad in Arabic is خَسّ النَّعْجَة (ḵass an-naʕja), خَسّ الضَأْن (ḵass aḍ-ḍaʔn), خَسّ الْخَرُوف (ḵass al-ḵarūf). See Corn salad meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is corn salad?
Corn salad is a noun.
What is the plural of corn salad?
The plural of corn salad is corn salads.

Words near corn salad in the dictionary

  1. corn roasters
  2. corn roasts
  3. corn rocket
  4. corn rye bread
  5. corn rye breads
  6. corn salad
  7. corn salads
  8. corn silk
  9. corn smut
  10. corn smuts
  11. corn snake

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