Lettuce

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca of the composite family, especially L. sativa, cultivated for its edible leaves.
  • noun. The leaves of L. sativa, used especially in salads.
  • noun. Paper money.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A garden-herb, Lactuca sativa, a hardy annual, extensively cultivated for use as a salad.
  • noun. Any plant of the genus Lactuca; also, a plant having some resemblance to Lactuca.
  • noun. In America, Lactuca Canadensis. Also called trumpetweed and trumpet-milkweed.
  • noun. Sometimes the same as blue lettuce.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (Lactuca 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 Lactuca Canadensis.
  • noun. United States currency; dollar bills; greenbacks.
  • noun. See under Hare, and Lamb.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. See Lactucarium.
  • noun. certain papery green seaweeds of the genus Ulva.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
  • noun. The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
  • noun. : Folding money, also called cabbage, due to the green color of both US currency and the vegetables.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. informal terms for money
  • noun. leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
  • noun. any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
  • Word Usage
    "There are numerous varieties of lettuce, but these may be reduced to the two kinds shown in Fig. 2, _leaf lettuce_ on the right and _head lettuce_ on the left."
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