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Definition of bibb lettuce in English: bibb lettucenoun North American A butterhead lettuce of a variety that has crisp dark green leaves. Example sentencesExamples - This salad is very simple: bibb lettuce dressed with browned butter with lemon added.
- The best salad types have very open heads and are often a pale green fading to yellow at the heart, about the color of bibb lettuce.
- Make a bed of bibb lettuce and watercress leaves on each plate. Arrange the grapefruit and avocado sections on top.
- A bibb lettuce salad came bearing wishy-washy Stilton vinaigrette - surprising, since the restaurant's Stilton sauce, an optional add-on to the broiled meats, is dazzling and addictive.
- Grow a miniature version of romaine or bibb lettuce that's just the right size for an individual salad.
Origin Late 19th century: named after Jack Bibb (1789–1884), the American horticulturalist who developed it. Definition of bibb lettuce in US English: bibb lettuce(also Bibb) nounˈbib ˌledis North American A variety of butterhead lettuce that has crisp dark-green leaves. Example sentencesExamples - The best salad types have very open heads and are often a pale green fading to yellow at the heart, about the color of bibb lettuce.
- This salad is very simple: bibb lettuce dressed with browned butter with lemon added.
- Make a bed of bibb lettuce and watercress leaves on each plate. Arrange the grapefruit and avocado sections on top.
- A bibb lettuce salad came bearing wishy-washy Stilton vinaigrette - surprising, since the restaurant's Stilton sauce, an optional add-on to the broiled meats, is dazzling and addictive.
- Grow a miniature version of romaine or bibb lettuce that's just the right size for an individual salad.
Origin Late 19th century: named after Jack Bibb (1789–1884), the American horticulturalist who developed it. |