lettuce
noun /ˈletɪs/
/ˈletɪs/
[uncountable, countable]- a plant with large green leaves that are eaten raw, especially in salad. There are many types of lettuce.
enlarge image- a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich
- Buy a lettuce and some tomatoes.
- You need one whole head of lettuce for this salad.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- crisp
- crunchy
- limp
- …
- head
- wash
- grow
- pick
- …
- leaf
- on a bed of lettuce
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- ‘milk’ (because of its milky juice).
