NOUN | possession | lettuce, boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | informal terms for money |
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plant | lettuce | any of various plants of the genus Lactuca | |
food | lettuce | leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa |
Sounds | leh'tahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | informal terms for money. | |
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Synonyms | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | |
Broader | money | The most common medium of exchange |
Spanish | cuartos, cucas, dinero, guita, kale, lana, lucro, mosca, parné, pasta, pelas, simoleons | |
Catalan | calés, cuques, kale, lucre, pasta, peles, pistrincs, quartos, simoleons |
Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca. | |
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Member of | Lactuca, genus Lactuca | An herb with milky juice |
Narrower | celtuce, stem lettuce, Lactuca sativa asparagina | lettuce valued especially for its edible stems |
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 | |
leaf lettuce, Lactuca sativa crispa | distinguished by leaves having curled or incised leaves forming a loose rosette that does not develop into a compact head | |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
Spanish | lactuca sativa, lechuga | |
Catalan | enciam |
Meaning | leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa. | |
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Part of | garden lettuce, common lettuce, Lactuca sativa | annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads |
Narrower | butterhead lettuce | lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head |
cos, cos lettuce, romaine, romaine lettuce | lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head | |
crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce, iceberg | lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head | |
leaf lettuce, loose-leaf lettuce | lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head | |
Broader | salad green, salad greens | greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads |
Spanish | lechuga | |
Catalan | enciam, lletuga |
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