corn-saladn.
A small succulent plant, Valerianella olitoria, or Lamb's-Lettuce, found wild in cornfields, and cultivated as an early salad.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 242 Of Lambes Lettuce, or Corne sallade.
1640 H. Glapthorne Wit in Constable i. sig. Bivv One that lives on Onions and Corne-sallets.
1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 24 Sow Beans, Pease, Rounsevals, Corn-sallet.
1767 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener 657/1 Corn Sallad. or lamb's lettuce; a small annual plant of three or four inches growth used as a substitute for common lettuce in winter and spring sallads.
1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 112 The value of corn-salad is its earliness.
1882 Garden 17 June 427/2 Corn Salad may be sown from February until June.
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