lettuce
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Etymology
From Middle English letuse, of uncertain precise origin, probably from the plural form Old French laitues, derived from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Replaced Old English lēahtric.
(money): Likely from the green color of US banknotes.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛtɪs/, /ˈlɛtəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): [ˈlɛɾɪs], [ˈlɛɾəs]
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: Lettice
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪs
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈlɛtus/
Noun
lettuce (countable and uncountable, plural lettuces)
- An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
- Synonym: sleepwort
- (uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
- I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
- (uncountable, US, slang) United States paper currency; dollars.
- 1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 26:
- To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.
- Synonyms: cabbage, greenbacks
- Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!
- A strong yellow-green colour, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
- lettuce:
- (uncountable, slang) weed or marijuana
- (uncountable, slang) long hair, as worn by an exemplar of bro culture
Derived terms
- asparagus lettuce
- Bibb lettuce
- bibb lettuce
- Boston lettuce
- butterhead lettuce
- cabbage lettuce
- celtuce
- cos lettuce
- devil's lettuce
- hare's lettuce
- iceberg lettuce
- lamb's lettuce
- lettuce-bird
- lettuce keeper
- lettuce leaf
- lettuceless
- lettucelike
- lettuce opium
- lettucey
- miner's lettuce
- nut lettuce
- prickly lettuce
- purple lettuce
- romaine lettuce
- Romaine lettuce
- sand lettuce
- sea lettuce
- slender sea lettuce
- water-lettuce
- water lettuce
- white lettuce
- wild lettuce
Translations
an edible plant, Lactuca
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the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable or dish
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US paper currency
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