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单词 wild lettuce
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wild lettuce


wild lettuce

n (Plants) any of several uncultivated lettuce plants, such as Lactuca serriola (or L. scariola) of Eurasia and L. canadensis (horseweed) of North America, which grow as weeds and have yellow or blue flowers, milky juice in the stem, and prickly leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)

wild lettuce


wild lettuce

wild lettuce

Can grow to 10 ft (3m), leaves deeply lobed, occasionally toothed. Small yellow flowers, only 1/4” (1cm)

Wild Lettuce


An annual containing alkaloids, bitter latex, iron, triterpenes, and vitamins A, B1, B2, and C; it is antitussive and sedative, and has been used for anxiety, insomnia, and whooping cough. It has mild psychotropic (hypnotic/sedative) effects described as similar to opium
Toxicity Wild lettuce may be toxic in large doses
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