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LACTUCA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce
Synonyms:
genus Lactuca; Lactuca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lactuca" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)
