poterium sanguisorba

3 definitions found

poterium sanguisorba - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Salad \Sal"ad\ (s[a^]l"ad), n. [F. salade, OIt. salata, It.
     insalata, fr. salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See Salt,
     and cf. Slaw.]
     1. A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water
        cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar,
        oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other
        food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.
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              Leaves eaten raw are termed salad.    --I. Watts.
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     2. A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or
        lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and
        seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments;
        as, chicken salad; lobster salad.
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     Salad burnet (Bot.), the common burnet (Poterium  Sanguisorba
        ), sometimes eaten as a salad in Italy.
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  Burnet \Bur"net\, n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the
     plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim.
     of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See
     Brunette.] (Bot.)
     A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially,
     Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
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     Burnet moth (Zool.), in England, a handsome moth
        (Zyg[ae]na filipendula), with crimson spots on the
        wings.
  
     Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage.
  
     Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis).
  
     Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium oficinalis (or
        Sanguisorba oficinalis).
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poterium sanguisorba - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Poterium sanguisorba
      n 1: European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves
           that are sometimes used for salads [syn: salad burnet,
           burnet bloodwort, pimpernel, Poterium sanguisorba]