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ROMAINE LETTUCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

Synonyms:

cos; cos lettuce; romaine; romaine lettuce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("romaine lettuce" is a kind of...):

lettuce (leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves

Synonyms:

cos lettuce; Lactuca sativa longifolia; romaine lettuce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("romaine lettuce" is a kind of...):

lettuce (any of various plants of the genus Lactuca)

Holonyms ("romaine lettuce" is a member of...):

genus Lactuca; Lactuca (an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce)

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