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mesclun

mesclun noun: a mixture of small, young leaves as a salad.

mesclun: a mixture of small, young leaves as a salad
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Noun

mesclun (countable and uncountable, plural mescluns)

  1. A mixture of small, young leaves as a salad

Forms of mesclun

pluralmescluns

Origin of mesclun

From French mesclun, from Occitan.

Questions about mesclun

What does mesclun mean?
Mesclun means a mixture of small, young leaves as a salad.
What part of speech is mesclun?
Mesclun is a noun.
What is the plural of mesclun?
The plural of mesclun is mescluns.

Words near mesclun in the dictionary

  1. Mescher
  2. Meschers
  3. Meschke
  4. Meschkes
  5. mesclum
  6. mesclun
  7. mescluns
  8. Mescudi
  9. Mescudis
  10. mesdames
  11. mesdemet

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