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LETTUCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("lettuce" is a kind of...):
salad green; salad greens (greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lettuce"):
butterhead lettuce (lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised)
crisphead lettuce; iceberg; iceberg lettuce (lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head)
cos; cos lettuce; romaine; romaine lettuce (lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head)
leaf lettuce; loose-leaf lettuce (lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head)
Holonyms ("lettuce" is a part of...):
common lettuce; garden lettuce; Lactuca sativa (annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lettuce" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lettuce"):
common lettuce; garden lettuce; Lactuca sativa (annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown)
cos lettuce; Lactuca sativa longifolia; romaine lettuce (lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves)
head lettuce; Lactuca sativa capitata (distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball)
Lactuca sativa crispa; leaf lettuce (distinguished by leaves having curled or incised leaves forming a loose rosette that does not develop into a compact head)
celtuce; Lactuca sativa asparagina; stem lettuce (lettuce valued especially for its edible stems)
Holonyms ("lettuce" is a member of...):
genus Lactuca; Lactuca (an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Informal terms for money
Synonyms:
boodle; bread; cabbage; clams; dinero; dough; gelt; kale; lettuce; lolly; loot; lucre; moolah; pelf; scratch; shekels; simoleons; sugar; wampum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("lettuce" is a kind of...):
money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)
