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ˈcorn-ˌsalad
A small succulent plant, Valerianella olitoria, or Lamb's-Lettuce, found wild in corn-fields, and cultivated as an early salad.
1597Gerarde Herbal xxxv. 242 Of Lambes Lettuce, or Corne sallade. 1640H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable i, One that lives on Onions and Corne sallets. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 192 Sow Beans, Pease, Rounsevals, Corn-sallet. 1767J. Abercrombie Ev. Man his own Gard. 657/1 Corn Sallad. or lamb's lettuce; a small annual plant of three or four inches growth used as a substitute for common lettuce in winter and spring sallads. 1860Delamer Kitch. Gard. (1861) 112 The value of corn-salad is its earliness. 1882Garden 17 June 427/2 Corn Salad may be sown from February until June. |