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microgreen

microgreen noun: the small, young seedling of a plant used as a visual flavor accent and occasionally as salad greens.

microgreen: the small, young seedling of a plant used as a visual flavor accent and occasionally as salad greens
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Noun

microgreen (plural microgreens)

  1. The small, young seedling of a plant used as a visual flavor accent and occasionally as salad greens.
    • I don’t want anyone to be able to say, oh, I see where he got this idea to put microgreens on top of his fish fillets.”2007 June 6, Katherine Wheelock, “Dinner at the Foodies’: Purslane and Anxiety”, in New York Times
    • One of the most rewarding types of plants to grow are micro-greens. Essentially, these are the tiny seedlings of any plant with edible leaves, which can be harvested and eaten at the sprouted stage – basically posh cress.2021 January 24, James Wong, “Baby leaves are a joy to grow – and good to eat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of microgreen

pluralmicrogreens
alternative formmicro-green

Origin of microgreen

From micro- + green.

Questions about microgreen

What does microgreen mean?
Microgreen means the small, young seedling of a plant used as a visual flavor accent and occasionally as salad greens.
What part of speech is microgreen?
Microgreen is a noun.
What is the plural of microgreen?
The plural of microgreen is microgreens.

Words near microgreen in the dictionary

  1. microgravity
  2. microgray
  3. micrograys
  4. micrograzer
  5. micrograzers
  6. microgreen
  7. microgreens
  8. microgrid
  9. microgrids
  10. microgripper
  11. microgrippers

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