microgreen
noun
mi·cro·green
ˈmī-krō-ˌgrēn 
: a very small, young, and tender edible leaf (as of mustard, radish, mint, or lettuce)
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The cilantro-lime sauce and microgreens topping each taco add extra texture and zing to every delicious bite.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
And an urban farm created atop the city’s Charonne reservoir grows and sells microgreens to locals, and teaches the green-minded how to grow them, too.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Each dish feels wholly French — fine sauces, exquisite plating, a rainbow garden of microgreens and tweezered blossoms — but those in the know will find the Vietnamese inherent in each.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
Many of the dishes at SAGE feature herbs and other ingredients plucked from plants growing on the patio, too, like the Door County smoke whitefish pate or egg salad sandwich with tarragon and microgreens.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
And an urban farm created atop the city’s Charonne reservoir grows and sells microgreens to locals, and teaches the green-minded how to grow them, too.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Each dish feels wholly French — fine sauces, exquisite plating, a rainbow garden of microgreens and tweezered blossoms — but those in the know will find the Vietnamese inherent in each.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
Many of the dishes at SAGE feature herbs and other ingredients plucked from plants growing on the patio, too, like the Door County smoke whitefish pate or egg salad sandwich with tarragon and microgreens.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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“Microgreen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microgreen. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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