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lettuce

[ let-is ]

noun

  1. a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads.
  2. any species of Lactuca.
  3. Slang. U.S. dollar bills; greenbacks.


lettuce

/ ˈlɛtɪs /

noun

  1. any of various plants of the genus Lactuca, esp L. sativa, which is cultivated in many varieties for its large edible leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)
  2. the leaves of any of these varieties, which are eaten in salads
  3. any of various plants that resemble true lettuce, such as lamb's lettuce and sea lettuce


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lettuce1

1250–1300; 1925–30 lettuce fordef 3; Middle English letuse, apparently < Old French laitues, plural of laitue < Latin lactūca a lettuce, perhaps derivative of lac, stem lact- milk, with termination as in erūca rocket 2 (or by association with Greek galaktoûchos having milk)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lettuce1

C13: probably from Old French laitues, pl of laitue, from Latin lactūca, from lac- milk, because of its milky juice

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Example Sentences

They worked all summer and picked peaches, lettuce, or avocados.

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions—on a sesame seed bun.

He was eating the meal on which he would play—steak, peas, lettuce, fruit jello, and tea.

The sandwich is made with thick tiles of quality bread and adorned with lettuce and tomato.

Take your average lunch:  turkey sandwich (white bread, lettuce, mayo, cheese), soft drink, and potato chips.

She had scarcely finished speaking when Grandfather Mole poked his head from beneath a head of lettuce.

Cash secretly regretted the thirsty death of his radishes and lettuce which he had planted and tended with such optimistic care.

And Jimmy Rabbit laughed so heartily that he almost choked over a choice lettuce leaf.

Besides cocillana the preparation contains two other obsolete drugs, wild lettuce and euphorbia pilulifera.

It adds to the appearance of butter balls and helps to keep them cool if a lettuce leaf is laid in the dish under them.

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