salad green
- noun
- /ˈsæləd ɡrin/
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hoja verde
- Arugula is my favorite salad green because of its peppery flavor.
Examples
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This absolutely stunning flat of salad greens has some, some bronze guard, some Paris island cost lettuce.
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My big tip as a lady living alone and buying veggies is this: use spinach rather than lettuce as your primary salad green.
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It is a great super crisp salad green that tastes kind of buttery and salty.
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Kale is a popular salad green that adds a healthy crunch to any dish.
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For a refreshing meal, toss together your favorite salad green with some cherry tomatoes and vinaigrette.
Synonyms
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A green leafy vegetable eaten raw or cooked
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Leafy vegetables like lettuce or spinach that you eat raw in salads
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Young leaves of the beet plant that you can cook or eat in salads
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Leaves of the dandelion plant eaten in salads or cooked
A leafy green with a slightly spicy taste often eaten raw in salads
Green leaves that grow wild and people collect to eat
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'salad' (a dish of raw vegetables) plus 'green' (leafy vegetables), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to leafy vegetables used in salads. This is a transparent, common noun–noun combination with clear cross-linguistic parallels, so it should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The name salad green comes from the simple idea of salad meaning a cold dish and green meaning a leafy plant. So, it means 'a leafy vegetable suitable for eating raw in salads'.