English Explanatory Dictionary

mimosa salad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A festive salad, popular in the former USSR, made with cheese, eggs, canned fish, onion, and mayonnaise.

Word forms

mimosa salad mimosa salads

Etymology

Calque of Russian сала́т мимо́за (salát mimóza), from its resemblance to mimosa flowers scattered on the snow in spring.

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