Lactuca

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Noun

Lactuca - an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettucegenus Lactucaasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsaster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnialettuce - any of various plants of the genus Lactucacommon lettuce, garden lettuce, Lactuca sativa - annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely growncos lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, romaine lettuce - lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaveshead lettuce, Lactuca sativa capitata - distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball

Lactuca

a genus of plants of the family Compositae. They are annual, biennial, and perennial herbs; subshrubs are infrequently encountered. The heads are gathered into compact inflorescences, which are generally paniculate or racemose-paniculate. The fruit is an achene with a plumose pappus. There are more than 100 species, distributed in Europe and Africa; a few species are found in America. In the USSR there are approximately 20 species. Some species of the subgenus Mulgedium (sometimes classified in a special genus), such as Lactuca tatarica (Mulgedium tatarica) and prickly lettuce (L. serriola), are weeds. L. tatarica reproduces vegetatively. Prickly lettuce, a biennial or annual with yellow flowers and leaves that are nearly vertical, is a compass plant; in clear weather its leaves incline toward north and south. Some species of Lactuca, such as L. stricta and L. chaixii, contain a milky juice—lactucarium—that dries in the air. The most important species of this genus is garden lettuce (L sativa).

Lactuca

Related to Lactuca: lactuca canadensis

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Synonyms for Lactuca

noun an herb with milky juice: lettuce

Synonyms

genus Lactuca

Related Words

asterid dicot genus
aster family
Asteraceae
Compositae
family Asteraceae
family Compositae
lettuce
common lettuce
garden lettuce
Lactuca sativa
cos lettuce
Lactuca sativa longifolia
romaine lettuce
head lettuce
Lactuca sativa capitata