mesclun

English

Etymology

From French mesclun, from Occitan.

Noun

mesclun (countable and uncountable, plural mescluns)

1. A mixture of small, young leaves as a salad

Further reading

• mesclun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• culmens, McLunes

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan mesclum (“mixture”), from Early Medieval Latin misculāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛs.klœ̃/

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Noun

mesclun m (plural mescluns)

1. mesclun (mixture of young salad leaves)
   • 2023 July 23, “A Lyon, retour à la terre au milieu du béton”, in La Provence‎^[1], sourced from AFP, →ISSN:

     La démarche favorise la mixité. Marie-Annick Monghal, 80 ans, a marché deux kilomètres pour récupérer son panier hebdomadaire: courgettes, fraises, ciboulette, mesclun, micropousses, pommes de terre: des "produits frais, bio, issus du circuit court".

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Further reading

• mesclun on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr