Meaning | An herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce. | |
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Synonym | genus Lactuca | |
Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
Members | cos lettuce, romaine lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia | lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves |
garden lettuce, common lettuce, Lactuca sativa | annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads | |
head lettuce, Lactuca sativa capitata | distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball | |
lettuce | Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca | |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
Spanish | genus lactuca, lactuca | |
Catalan | genus lactuca, lactuca |
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