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    LETTUCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

    salad green; salad greens (greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lettuce"):

    butterhead lettuce (lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised)

    crisphead lettuce; iceberg; iceberg lettuce (lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head)

    cos; cos lettuce; romaine; romaine lettuce (lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head)

    leaf lettuce; loose-leaf lettuce (lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head)

    Holonyms ("lettuce" is a part of...):

    common lettuce; garden lettuce; Lactuca sativa (annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Any of various plants of the genus Lactucaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lettuce"):

    common lettuce; garden lettuce; Lactuca sativa (annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown)

    cos lettuce; Lactuca sativa longifolia; romaine lettuce (lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves)

    head lettuce; Lactuca sativa capitata (distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball)

    Lactuca sativa crispa; leaf lettuce (distinguished by leaves having curled or incised leaves forming a loose rosette that does not develop into a compact head)

    celtuce; Lactuca sativa asparagina; stem lettuce (lettuce valued especially for its edible stems)

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

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

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Informal terms for moneyplay

    Synonyms:

    boodle; bread; cabbage; clams; dinero; dough; gelt; kale; lettuce; lolly; loot; lucre; moolah; pelf; scratch; shekels; simoleons; sugar; wampum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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

    money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

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