lettuce

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  1. noun Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca, especially L. sativa, cultivated for their edible leaves.
  2. noun The leaves of L. sativa, used especially in salads.
  3. noun Slang Paper money.

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  • And farmers have been busy growing all kinds of lettuce, which is now available at area farmers ' —  WN.com - Articles related to De Niro and the Celebrity Restaurant Curse
  • Led by leaf lettuce, strawberries and head lettuce, agricultural commissioner Eric Lauritzen reported Tuesday that the 2008 value of Monterey County crops increased to $3.8 billion, a 10th of a percent higher than 2007. —  Home
  • I would revisit Alizée for the roasted chicken B. L.T ($22) alone -- or at least for the savory risotto studded with melting bits of bacon, lettuce, and tomato, that formed a bed for the petite, but juicy half chicken. —  Baltimore City Paper
  • Leafy crops such as lettuce are less likely to bolt if they are kept moist, while tubers, such as potatoes, will need water throughout the growing season. —  icNewcastle
  • You order a double cheeseburger with "mac-sauce" and lettuce (lettuce is free! tomatoes are not, but you don't put tomatoes on it anyway) and you can ask for diced onions if you like. —  WordPress.com News
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  1. Middle English lettuse, from Old French laitues, pl. of laitue, from Latin lactūca, from lac, lact-, milk (from its milky juice); see melg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also lettice; from Middle English letuce, from Old French *laituce, letuce, usually laitue, letue, French laitue (later D. latuw) = Spanish lechuga = Italian lattuga = Anglo-Saxon lactuce = Old High German lattuh, lattouch, latoch, latohha, Middle High German lateche, latech, lattech, German lattich = Sw.Danish laktuk, from Latin lactuca, lettuce, so called from its milky juice, from lac (lact-), milk: see lactate.
 

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