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    GENUS LACTUCA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuceplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Lactuca; Lactuca

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Lactuca" is a kind of...):

    asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Lactuca"):

    lettuce (any of various plants of the genus Lactuca)

    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)

    Holonyms ("genus Lactuca" is a member of...):

    aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

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