babyleaf

noun

Etymology

From baby + leaf.

  1. inherited from *laubą — “leaf
  2. inherited from *laub
  3. inherited from lēaf
  4. inherited from leef
  5. compounded as babyleaf — “baby + leaf

Definitions

  1. Small salad leaves that are harvested early.

    • 'Babyleaf' salads may include amaranth, chop suey and choy sum, spinach, […]
    • Generously, Nick Padley gives me a bag of their babyleaf mix, in its shades of crimson and emerald, to try at home.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for babyleaf. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA