About The Word Lettuce
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Lettuce
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What's The Definition Of Lettuce?
[n] leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
[n] any of various plants of the genus Lactuca Synonyms | Synonyms for Lettuce: Related Terms | Find terms related to Lettuce: See Also | butterhead lettuce | celtuce | common lettuce | common lettuce | cos | cos lettuce | cos lettuce | crisphead lettuce | garden lettuce | garden lettuce | genus Lactuca | head lettuce | herb | herbaceous plant | iceberg lettuce | Lactuca | Lactuca sativa | Lactuca sativa | Lactuca sativa asparagina | Lactuca sativa capitata | Lactuca sativa crispa | Lactuca sativa longifolia | leaf lettuce | leaf lettuce | loose-leaf lettuce | romaine | romaine lettuce | romaine lettuce | salad green | salad greens | stem lettuce Lettuce In Webster's Dictionary \Let"tuce\ (l[e^]t"t[i^]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob.
through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L.
lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac,
lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows
from it when it is cut: cf. F. laitue. Cf. {Lacteal},
{Lactucic}.] (Bot.)
A composite plant of the genus {Lactuca} ({L. sativa}), the
leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield
a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The
commonest wild lettuce of the United States is {L.
Canadensis}.
{Hare's lettuce}, {Lamb's lettuce}. See under {Hare}, and
{Lamb}.
{Lettuce opium}. See {Lactucarium}.
{Sea lettuce}, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus
{Ulva}.
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