Lettuce

Quick meaning: Lettuce is a noun meaning An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

Meaning

An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
2. (uncountable, US, slang) United States paper currency; dollars.
3. A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
4. (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
5. (uncountable, slang) Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.

Example Sentences

Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!

I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.

To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.

Word Forms

• lettuces

Synonyms for lettuce

Depending on context, synonyms include sleepwort, cabbage, greenbacks.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include romaine, cos, cucumber, coleslaw, salad, dough.

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