salad green
Bowl filler, raw
A salad green is any leafy vegetable used as the base or component of a salad.
The term encompasses a wide variety of lettuces—romaine, butterhead, iceberg—as well as other greens like spinach, arugula, and mixed baby leaves.
Salad greens are typically sold fresh and eaten raw, though some varieties are also cooked.
The farmers market had beautiful salad greens this morning.
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- butter lettuceTender-leaved salad green
- arugulaPeppery Mediterranean salad green
- baby spinachYoung salad greens
- spinachEdible dark green leaves
kale · romaine · mesclun · spring mix · watercress · endive · radicchio · frisée · chard · bitter · leafy · crisp · tender · fresh · tossed · wilted · dressed · vinaigrette