Bibb lettuce

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Bibb lettuce

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noun
a variety of lettuce having a small, somewhat tapering head and tender, light-green leaves.

Origin:
1960–65; allegedly after a 19th century U.S. grower, though the variety was first introduced about 1890 under the name “Half Century,” and the history of its reintroduction as “Bibb” is obscure
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Bibb lettuce is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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bibb lettuce

noun
lettuce with relatively crisp leaves 
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