lettuce
lettuce
noun
noun
- a cultivated plant of the daisy family, with edible leaves that are a usual ingredient of salads. Many varieties of lettuce have been developed with a range of form, texture, and colour
生菜；莴苣 - Lactuca sativa, family Compositae
拉丁名Lactuca sativa，菊科
■used in names of other plants with edible green leaves, e.g. lamb's lettuce, sea lettuce
［用于有可食用绿叶的植物名称，如lamb's lettuce, sea lettuce]
- Middle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- 'milk' (because of its milky juice)
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