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lettuce
noun 
  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) (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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