Corn Salad,

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 489

Corn Salad, or LAMB'S LETTUCE (Valerianella), a genus of Valerianaceæ, humble annual weeds, of which some are used as spring salads, especially in France and Germany. The commonest species is V. olitoria, which is naturalised in the United States, and often called Feticus or Vetticost. There are several native American species.

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