salad greens

plural noun

: vegetables that are grown for their leaves and commonly used in salads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web While some items don't enjoy the process—say, salad greens and delicate sauces—most foods take pretty kindly to life at zero degrees. Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 1 Mar. 2023 Discard any foods like bread or salad greens that may have become contaminated by juices dripping from raw meat, poultry, or fish. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2023

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“Salad greens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salad%20greens. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.

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