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Bibb lettuce

[bib]
–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   (bĭb)   
n.  A kind of lettuce forming a small, loose head and having tender, dark green leaves.

[After Jack Bibb, 19th-century American vegetable grower.]
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