I want to state a salad that has many different kinds of vegetables, so can I say "a multi-vegetable salad"? I've looked up the meaning of the prefix "multi" in Oxford learner's dictionary http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/salad and found some examples such as "multicoloured", "multi-ethnic society", "multimillionaire",… It says that "multi" can combine with nouns and adjectives but "multi-vegetable" still somehow seems funny to me. So is it right? If not, what is an appropriate word to describe this kind of salad?
Learn English – Is it right to say “a multi-vegetable salad”
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native English speakers tend to use the phrase "mixed salad".
I realise the logic of your thinking but the phrase "multi-vegetable salad" would not be used.