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 Definitions of lettuce  [ˈlɛt ɪs]  

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Definition of 'lettuce' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lettuce
a cultivated composite plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads.

2.  lettuce
the leaves of this plant.

3.  lettuce
any species of
Lactuca.

4.  lettuce
Slang. paper money; cash.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME letuse, appar. < OF laitues, pl. of laitue < L lactūca a lettuce)

Definition of 'lettuce' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
informal terms for money

2. (noun) lettuce
any of various plants of the genus Lactuca

3. (noun) lettuce
leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa


Definition of 'lettuce' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) lettuce
a green plant with large leaves that can be eaten raw
a lettuce and tomato salad; different types of lettuces


Definition of 'lettuce' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) lettuce
a composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. 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 L. Canadensis


Definition of 'lettuce' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  lettuce
Any of the various plants of the genus Lactuca, especially L. sativa, cultivated for its edible leaves. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed)


Translation of 'lettuce' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of green plant with large leaves used as a salad.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: slaai, blaarslaai Arabic flag Arabic: خَس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: маруля
Brazilian flag Brazilian: alface Czech flag Czech: salát (hlávkový) German flag German: der Kopfsalat
Danish flag Danish: salathoved Greek flag Greek: μαρούλι Spanish flag Spanish: lechuga
Estonian flag Estonian: aedsalat Farsi flag Farsi: کاهو Finnish flag Finnish: lehtisalaatti
French flag French: laitue Hebrew flag Hebrew: חַסָה Hindi flag Hindi: सलाद
Croatian flag Croatian: salata Hungarian flag Hungarian: (fejes) saláta Indonesian flag Indonesian: daun selada
Icelandic flag Icelandic: salat Italian flag Italian: lattuga Japanese flag Japanese: レタス
Korean flag Korean: (양)상추, 레터스 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: salota Latvian flag Latvian: (lapu) salāti
Malay flag Malay: pokok salad Dutch flag Dutch: sla Norwegian flag Norwegian: salat
Polish flag Polish: sałata Persian flag Persian: کاهو Pashto flag Pashto: كاهو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: alface Romanian flag Romanian: lăptucă Russian flag Russian: салат-латук
Slovak flag Slovak: hlávkový šalát Slovenian flag Slovenian: endivija Serbian flag Serbian: zelena salata
Swedish flag Swedish: sallat, sallad Thai flag Thai: ผักสลัด Turkish flag Turkish: marul
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 萵苣 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: салат-латук Urdu flag Urdu: کاہو کے پتے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây rau diếp Chinese flag Chinese: 莴苣

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