salad burnet

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salad burnet - 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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salad burnet - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  salad burnet
      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]
      2: leaves sometimes used for salad