A kind of lettuce

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• iceberg lettuce — ► NOUN ▪ a kind of lettuce having a dense round head of crisp pale leaves …   English terms dictionary

• White lettuce — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Boston lettuce — noun lettuce with relatively soft leaves • Hypernyms: ↑butterhead lettuce * * * noun [noncount] US : a kind of soft lettuce that is often used in salads …   Useful english dictionary

• frog's lettuce — noun very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe • Hypernyms: ↑pondweed • Member Holonyms: ↑Groenlandia, ↑genus Groenlandia * * * frog s lettuce A kind of pondweed • • • Main Entry: ↑lettuce …   Useful english dictionary

• lamb's lettuce — Corn Corn, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[ u]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. [1913 Webster] 2. The …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mì Quảng — A bowl of Mì Quảng Vietnamese name Quốc ngữ mì quảng Mì Quảng (also spelled …   Wikipedia

• Bibblettuce — Bibb lettuce (bĭb) n. A kind of lettuce forming a small, loose head and having tender, dark green leaves.   [After Jack Bibb, 19th century American vegetable grower.] * * * …   Universalium

• celtuce — n. kind of lettuce with characteristics of both celery and lettuce; edible leaves with stems similar to celery …   English contemporary dictionary

• celtuces — n. kind of lettuce with characteristics of both celery and lettuce; edible leaves with stems similar to celery …   English contemporary dictionary

• cos — I. /kɒz / (say koz), /kɒs / (say kos) noun a kind of lettuce, with erect oblong heads and generally crisp leaves. Also, cos lettuce. {named after Cos (Kos), an island in the Aegean Island off the SW coast of Turkey, whence it originally came} II …   Australian-English dictionary

• vegetable farming — Introduction       growing of vegetable crops, primarily for use as human food.       The term vegetable in its broadest sense refers to any kind of plant life or plant product; in the narrower sense, as used in this article, however, it refers… …   Universalium