mâche

• mache

mâche leaves

Borrowed from French mâche.

mâche (uncountable)

1. Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.

Though there are native terms for this plant, the French term is often used. (Similar to arugula versus rocket.)

• (Other common names of V. locusta): corn salad, cornsalad, common corn salad, European cornsalad, field salad, lamb's lettuce, Lewiston cornsalad, milk grass, rapunzel, smooth-fruited milk grass

• Cheam, meach, mecha

mâche

1. first-person singular present indicative of mâcher
2. third-person singular present indicative of mâcher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mâcher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of mâcher
5. second-person singular imperative of mâcher

mâche leaves

mâche f (plural mâches)

1. A plant used in salads, Valerianella locusta, corn salad, lamb's lettuce.

• “mâche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).