CORN SALAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corn salad mean? 

• CORN SALAD (noun)
  The noun CORN SALAD has 1 sense:

1. a plant of the genus Valerianella

  Familiarity information: CORN SALAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORN SALAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Valerianella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("corn salad" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corn salad"):

common corn salad; lamb's lettuce; Valerianella locusta; Valerianella olitoria (widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed)

Holonyms ("corn salad" is a member of...):

genus Valerianella; Valerianella (genus of Old World annual herbs widely naturalized)