Shawnee salad
- noun
- US
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ensalada Shawnee
- The forager picked young Shawnee salad leaves to add to her spring greens mix.
Examples
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I found some fresh Shawnee salad at the farmer's market.
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Locals in the Southeast sometimes serve Shawnee salad as part of traditional meals.
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After learning to identify Shawnee salad, he began using its leaves in hearty salads.
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Have you tried Shawnee salad in your dishes?
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After learning to identify Shawnee salad, he began using its leaves in hearty salads.
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Locals in the Southeast sometimes serve Shawnee salad as part of traditional meals.
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The forager picked young Shawnee salad leaves to add to her spring greens mix.
Synonyms
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A plant with white flowers whose leaves people eat as greens
A plant that lives for more than one year with white flowers whose leaves are eaten as greens
A showy perennial herb with white flowers that grows in moist southeastern United States forests and has young edible leaves
A plant that lives for many years with white flowers and leaves you can eat as greens
A plant that lives for many years and has white or pale purple flowers and leaves you can eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase pairs a proper name denoting origin/association ('Shawnee') with 'salad' (edible greens), so a B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer it refers to a salad or a plant/green associated with the Shawnee. However, the specific botanical meaning (a showy perennial herb with white flowers used as greens) and the fact that this is a plant common name rather than a prepared dish are not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
The name Shawnee salad may come from the Shawnee people who lived where the plant grows. The word salad points to how people ate the young leaves as 'edible greens', so the name explains its use as a food plant.