lettuce
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of lettuce
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
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- (countable, uncountable)An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
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(uncountable)The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
“I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.”
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(US, slang, uncountable)United States paper currency; dollars.
“To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.”
“Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!”
- (countable, uncountable)A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
- (slang, uncountable)Marijuana.
- (slang, uncountable)Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English letuse, of uncertain precise origin, probably from the plural form Old French laitues, derived from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Replaced Old English lēahtric. (money): Likely from the green color of US banknotes.
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