LETTUCES

Noun

lettuces

plural of lettuce

Anagrams

• culettes

Source: Wiktionary


LETTUCE

Let"tuce, n. Etym: [OE. letuce, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac, lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows from it when it is cut: cf. F. laitue. Cf. Lacteal, Lactucic.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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. Hare's lettuce, Lamb's lettuce. See under Hare, and Lamb.

– Lettuce opium. See Lactucarium.

– Sea lettuce, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus Ulva.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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