lettuce
/ˈlɛt.ɪs/ noun B1- An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
- The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc. · I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
- United States paper currency; dollars. · Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!
- A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
- Marijuana.
- Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.
Plural lettuces
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They grow lettuce, carrots, and fresh herbs.
They wash the carrots and the lettuce carefully.
Instead, she found a thriving garden full of bright red tomatoes and crisp lettuce.
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