Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing acetary, as certain fruits.
- Used in salads, as lettuce, mustard, cress, endive, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Used in salads.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Used in
salads ; as, acetarious plants.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin acetaria, plural noun, salad, from acetum vinegar, from acere to be sour.
Examples
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This plant belongs to the acetarious tribe of vegetables, and is supposed to have originally come from China and
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This is one of the acetarious vegetables, which comprise a large class, chiefly used as pickles, salads, and other condiments.
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This is one of the acetarious vegetables, which comprise a large class, chiefly used as pickles, salads, and other condiments.
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This plant belongs to the acetarious tribe of vegetables, and is supposed to have originally come from China and
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