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Greek salad

noun

Definition of Greek salad 

: a tossed salad made typically with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, black olives, and feta cheese and dressed with olive oil, vinegar or lemon juice, and oregano

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1889, in the meaning defined above

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