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Image:Romaine.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. longifolia)
Category:Vegetables
English
Etymology
ME. letuse, of uncertain precise origin; related to Old French laituë, from L. lactuca, from lac �milk�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�l�tɪs/
audio|en-us-lettuce.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. An edible plant, Lactuca sativa, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
2. uncountable The leaves of the lettuce plant eaten as a vegetable.

#: I�ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.

1. uncountable US slang: Folding money, also called cabbage (all paper currency in the US is green, the common color of the vegetable.)

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|خس (khass)
Catalan: enciam m
Chinese: �� (w�jù)
Croatian: salata f
Dutch: sla
Finnish: lehtisalaatti
French: laitue f
German: Salat m, Kopfsalat m
Greek: μα�ο�λι (marúli) n, θ�ίδακα� (thríðakas) m (obsolete)
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Hungarian: saláta
Italian: lattuga f, insalata f
Japanese: ��� (retasu)
Korean: �� (sangchi)
Kurdish: KUchar|کا��
Latin: lactuca f
Maltese: ħassa f
Portuguese: alface f
Russian: �ала� (salát) m
Spanish: lechuga f
Swedish: sallat
Thai: THchar|�ั��า� (pàk gàat)

Derived terms
lettuce opium

See also
cabbage
pedialite

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