Definition of salad

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Salad (n.) 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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Nasturtium :: Nasturtium (n.) Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (T. peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads..
Cardoon :: Cardoon (n.) A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.
Acetarious :: Acetarious (a.) Used in salads; as, acetarious plants..
Cress :: Cress (n.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic..
Slaw :: Slaw (n.) Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked..
Celery :: Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad..
Salleting :: Salleting (n.) Salad.
Mayonnaise :: Mayonnaise (n.) A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce..
Costmary :: Costmary (n.) A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost..
Salad :: Salad (n.) 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..
Purslane :: Purslane (n.) An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling..
Rocket :: Rocket (n.) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
Coleslaw :: Coleslaw (n.) A salad made of sliced cabbage.
Lettuce :: Lettuce (n.) A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is L. Canadensis..
Water Cress :: Water cress () A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic..
Lactuca :: Lactuca (n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce..
Salading :: Salading (n.) Vegetables for salad.
Remoulad :: Remoulad (n.) A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.
Salade :: Salade (n.) A helmet. See Sallet.
Chervil :: Chervil (n.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads..
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