Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Containing acetary, as certain fruits.
- Used in salads, as lettuce, mustard, cress, endive, etc.
Wiktionary
- adj. Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Used in salads.
Etymologies
- Latin acetaria, plural noun, salad, from acetum vinegar, from acere to be sour. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This is one of the acetarious vegetables, which comprise a large class, chiefly used as pickles, salads, and other condiments.”
“This plant belongs to the acetarious tribe of vegetables, and is supposed to have originally come from China and”
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