'Poterium Sanguisorba' definitions:
Definition of 'Poterium sanguisorba'
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noun
European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads [syn: salad burnet, burnet bloodwort, pimpernel, Poterium sanguisorba]
Definition of 'Poterium Sanguisorba'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Leaves eaten raw are termed salad. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Salad burnet (Bot.), the common burnet ({Poterium Sanguisorba}), sometimes eaten as a salad in Italy. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Poterium Sanguisorba'
From: GCIDE
- Burnet \Bur"net\, n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. [1913 Webster]
- Burnet moth (Zool.), in England, a handsome moth (Zyg[ae]na filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings.
- Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage.
- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis).
- Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium oficinalis (or Sanguisorba oficinalis). [1913 Webster]