noun
leaves eaten as cooked greens
• Syn: ↑mustard, ↑leaf mustard, ↑Indian mustard
• Hypernyms: ↑cruciferous vegetable
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the dark green leaves of a type of ↑mustard plant, that are cooked or eaten raw in salads, especially in the Southern US
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Stir fry the mustard greens.
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a salad of mustard greens and avocado
Useful english dictionary. 2012.