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Salad Dressing
Salad Dressing Background Salad dressing is a type of sauce used to bind and flavor greens and/or vegetables. History Using oil and vinegar to dress greens and vegetables dates to Babylonian times, some 2,000 years ago. The word salad can be traced to the ancient Romans... Read more |
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tarragon
tarragon , perennial aromatic Old World herb ( Artemisia dracunculus ) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), of the same genus as wormwood and sagebrush. It has long been cultivated in Europe and W Asia for its leaves, used for flavoring vinegar, salads, sauces, soups, and pickles. Its... Read more |
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chicory
chicory or succory , Mediterannean herb ( Cichorium intybus ) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), naturalized in North America, where the tall stalks of usually blue flowers are common along waysides and are known as blue-sailors. It is extensively grown in Europe for its root, which,... Read more |
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Salads
SALAD SALAD. Although the ancient Greeks and Romans did not use the word "salad," they enjoyed a variety of dishes with raw vegetables dressed with vinegar, oil, and herbs. Pliny the Elder in Natural History, for instance, reported that salads (acetaria) were composed of those garden products... Read more |
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celery
celery biennial plant ( Apium graveolens ) of the family Umbelliferae ( parsley family), of wide distribution in the wild state throughout the north temperate Old World and much cultivated also in America. It was first cultivated as a medicinal, then (during the Middle Ages) as a flavoring, and... Read more |
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dill
dill Old World annual or biennial plant ( Anethum graveolens ) of the family Umbelliferae ( parsley family), cultivated since at least since 400 BC The pungent, aromatic leaves and seeds are used for pickling and for flavoring sauces, salads, and soups. Dill water (a carminative) and oil of dill... Read more |
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burnet
burnet hardy perennial herb of the family Rosaceae ( rose ) found in temperate regions, usually with white or greenish flowers. The European species are sometimes cultivated for the leaves, which are used in salads, for flavoring, and formerly as a poultice to stop bleeding—hence the... Read more |
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Tropaeolum
Tropaeolum (family Tropaeolaceae) A genus of dicotyledonous (see DICOTYLEDON) herbs, often succulent. Many species climb by means of twining leaf stalks. The leaves may be entire or palmately lobed, with long stalks. The flowers are showy, with 5 irregular petals, and 5 sepals forming a spur below.... Read more |
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Burnett
Burnett ♂, ♀ Transferred use of the surname (from an Old French diminutive of brun ‘brown’), in origin a nickname referring to brown colouring of hair, complexion, or clothing. As a female first name it may have been chosen in some cases with reference to the plant... Read more |
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lettuce
lettuce annual garden plant ( Lactuca sativa and varieties) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), probably native to the East Indies or Asia Minor, possibly as a derivative of the widespread weed called wild lettuce ( L. scariola ). L. sativa has been grown as a salad plant since antiquity... Read more |
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