mâche

• mache

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

• IPA^(key): /maʃ/, /mɑʃ/

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mâche

1. inflection of mâcher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

mâche f (plural mâches)

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

• “mâche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.