Salad burnet

salad burnet
    n 1: European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves
         that are sometimes used for salads [syn: {salad burnet},
         {burnet bloodwort}, {pimpernel}, {Poterium sanguisorba}]
    2: leaves sometimes used for salad
    

Salad \Sal"ad\ (s[a^]l"ad), n. [F. salade, OIt. salata, It.
   insalata, fr. salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See {Salt},
   and cf. {Slaw}.]
   1. A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water
      cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar,
      oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other
      food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.
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            Leaves eaten raw are termed salad.    --I. Watts.
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   2. A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or
      lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and
      seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments;
      as, chicken salad; lobster salad.
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   {Salad burnet} (Bot.), the common burnet ({Poterium
      Sanguisorba}), sometimes eaten as a salad in Italy.
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