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BUTTERHEAD LETTUCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("butterhead lettuce" is a kind of...):
lettuce (leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butterhead lettuce"):
buttercrunch (lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves)
Bibb lettuce (lettuce with relatively crisp leaves)
Boston lettuce (lettuce with relatively soft leaves)
Holonyms ("butterhead lettuce" is a part of...):
head lettuce; Lactuca sativa capitata (distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball)
