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lettuce
noun
An edible plant,
Lactuca sativa
, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
(
uncountable
) The leaves of the lettuce plant eaten as a vegetable.
I"ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
(
uncountable
) (
slang
): Folding money, also called cabbage (all paper currency in the US is green, the common color of the vegetable.)
Translations:
Dutch: sla
French: laitue
German: Salat , Kopfsalat
Italian: lattuga , insalata
Spanish: lechuga
Etymology:
letuse
, of uncertain precise origin; related to Old French
laituí
, from
lactuca
, from
lac
"milk".
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