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goutweed

goutweed

9.5
Leaves eaten as a mild herb or salad green
  • noun
: hojas de mala hierba
  • In early spring, young goutweed leaves are often picked for salads.

Examples

  • The chef recommended using goutweed as a substitute for spinach in the recipe.

  • She sprinkled chopped goutweed over the soup for a fresh, green flavor.

  • I added fresh goutweed to my salad.

  • Have you tried goutweed in your cooking?

  • In early spring, young goutweed leaves are often picked for salads.

  • The chef recommended using goutweed as a substitute for spinach in the recipe.

  • She sprinkled chopped goutweed over the soup for a fresh, green flavor.

Synonyms

arugula
vsgoutweed
  • US
21 5.7

A leafy green plant with slightly spicy leaves often used in salads

is milder in taste and chosen for gentle flavor rather than tang
salad burnet
vsgoutweed
1 9.5

A small herb with edible leaves that taste like cucumber and are used in salads

is milder in flavor rather than having a cucumber like taste
Indian salad
vsgoutweed
  • US
1 9.9

A plant that lives for many years with white flowers and leaves you can eat as greens

is a mild edible herb used generally as a salad green
John's cabbage
vsgoutweed
  • US
9.9

A plant that lives for more than one year with white flowers whose leaves are eaten as greens

is a mild edible herb mainly valued for its young edible leaves
pepper grass
vsgoutweed
  • US
4.8

A small herb with spicy leaves used in salads or as a garnish

is milder and used for gentle salad flavor rather than pungency

How Strong

arugula
  • US
21 5.7
goutweed
9.5
leaf lettuce
1 2.3

Surface Forms

goutweed singular
goutweeds plural

Morphology

goutweed = gout + weed (semi-transparent) = gout + weed

Although the compound elements are transparent, the sense 'the leaves used as an edible herb' is a specific usage not directly predictable from the parts for a B1 learner.

Etymology

Goutweed comes from the plant's old use against gout, a 'painful joint illness', and the weed part shows it grows easily. People also ate the young leaves, so the name can remind you that they are a mild edible green used in salads.