head lettuce
noun
any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, especially iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce.
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How to use head lettuce in a sentence
Sufficient proof of this is seen in the case of vegetables that form heads, as, for instance, cabbage and head lettuce.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesMix with a white mayonnaise and serve in white head lettuce, using the cup-like outside leaves.
Suppers | Paul PierceOnly two kinds of summer-lettuce need be cultivated—the ice-head lettuce, and the brown.
Soil Culture | J. H. WaldenRemove the outer green leaves from two medium-sized heads of crisp head lettuce.
Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners | Elizabeth O. HillerShe buys the crisp young head lettuce, being careful to use only the inner leaves.
The Woman Beautiful | Helen Follett Stevans
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