Definition of lettuce in English:

lettuce

noun ˈlɛtɪsˈlɛdəs

1A cultivated plant of the daisy family, with edible leaves that are eaten in salads.
Lactuca sativa, family Compositae
Example sentencesExamples
- I make salad with avocados, tomato, lettuce and spring onions, with an olive oil and red wine dressing.
- At home we grow sweetcorn, beans, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, garlic and leeks.
- In the vegetable garden, carrots, spring onions, lettuce, spinach and radishes can all be planted.
- Verlaine's chine was stuffed with leeks, spring onions, lettuce, raspberry leaves, parsley, thyme and marjoram.
- The Sardine salad with tomato, lettuce, cucumber and carrot mixed with olive oil and vinegar is a hit dish in the eatery.
- The carrots, cabbage, spinach, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and beetroot that are grown in the garden were initially used to feed 80 children once a week.
- I plant hybrid tomatoes, but grow heirloom chick peas, fava beans, lettuce, and cucumbers (to list but a few).
- Snap beans, turnips, leaf lettuce and spinach are also good candidates for fall harvest.
- Add the lettuce and watercress and purée until smooth, about one minute.
- In a small bowl, combine the lettuce, Upland Cress, balsamic vinegar, and grapeseed oil and toss to coat.
- In the vegetable garden early planting of lettuce, peas, radishes, carrots, parsley, onions and potatoes are equally important.
- I said that because of the condiments: the mustard and mayo, the lettuce, tomato and onion.
- By way of accompaniment, we roasted acorn squash and red peppers, sautéed red onions, and made a big salad of farmers' market lettuces and shaved fennel.
- The crops of spring onions, lettuce and Chinese cabbage were given free to guests at a formal function to celebrate the event on Friday.
- An almost bare-bones salad of romaine lettuce has a tongue-clacking blast of fresh anchovy dressing.
- The romaine lettuce didn't feel right for this salad.
- Other fruits and vegetables coming through the laboratory with diseases included figs, pears, quinces, raspberries, nectarines, cherries, onions, lettuces, corn, mung beans and pumpkins.
- In my family, when the lettuce is all gone, basil's not just an herb, it becomes our main leafy green.
- In addition romaine lettuce, arugula and spinach are valuable.
- The salad garden grows colorful lettuce, basil, tarragon and trellised peas.
1. 1.1 Used in names of other plants with edible green leaves, e.g. lamb's lettuce, sea lettuce.
  用于有可食用绿叶的植物名称，如 lamb's lettuce，sea lettuce
  Example sentencesExamples
  I particularly liked the leaves of baby jem lettuce, the oven-roasted tomatoes and the black and green olives.
  An average dinner in our house is fish or baked chicken with lambs lettuce.
  It came with a sauce Gribiche (a thick egg mayo type version of the caper sauce) and a salad of tender lambs' lettuce with a subtle but still distinctively walnut oil vinaigrette.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- 'milk' (because of its milky juice).

Lettuce came into English from Old French letues or laitues, from Latin lactuca, whose root was lac ‘milk’—the connection was the milky juice that lettuce produces. Latin lac also gave us lactic (late 18th century), ‘relating to milk’.

Rhymes

Lettice, Thetis

Definition of lettuce in US English:

lettuce

nounˈledəsˈlɛdəs

1A cultivated plant of the daisy family, with edible leaves that are a usual ingredient of salads. Many varieties of lettuce have been developed with a range of form, texture, and color.
生菜；莴苣
Lactuca sativa, family Compositae
Example sentencesExamples
- I plant hybrid tomatoes, but grow heirloom chick peas, fava beans, lettuce, and cucumbers (to list but a few).
- The crops of spring onions, lettuce and Chinese cabbage were given free to guests at a formal function to celebrate the event on Friday.
- I said that because of the condiments: the mustard and mayo, the lettuce, tomato and onion.
- The salad garden grows colorful lettuce, basil, tarragon and trellised peas.
- In the vegetable garden, carrots, spring onions, lettuce, spinach and radishes can all be planted.
- I make salad with avocados, tomato, lettuce and spring onions, with an olive oil and red wine dressing.
- In my family, when the lettuce is all gone, basil's not just an herb, it becomes our main leafy green.
- At home we grow sweetcorn, beans, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, garlic and leeks.
- In addition romaine lettuce, arugula and spinach are valuable.
- The romaine lettuce didn't feel right for this salad.
- Add the lettuce and watercress and purée until smooth, about one minute.
- The carrots, cabbage, spinach, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and beetroot that are grown in the garden were initially used to feed 80 children once a week.
- An almost bare-bones salad of romaine lettuce has a tongue-clacking blast of fresh anchovy dressing.
- By way of accompaniment, we roasted acorn squash and red peppers, sautéed red onions, and made a big salad of farmers' market lettuces and shaved fennel.
- Other fruits and vegetables coming through the laboratory with diseases included figs, pears, quinces, raspberries, nectarines, cherries, onions, lettuces, corn, mung beans and pumpkins.
- The Sardine salad with tomato, lettuce, cucumber and carrot mixed with olive oil and vinegar is a hit dish in the eatery.
- In a small bowl, combine the lettuce, Upland Cress, balsamic vinegar, and grapeseed oil and toss to coat.
- In the vegetable garden early planting of lettuce, peas, radishes, carrots, parsley, onions and potatoes are equally important.
- Verlaine's chine was stuffed with leeks, spring onions, lettuce, raspberry leaves, parsley, thyme and marjoram.
- Snap beans, turnips, leaf lettuce and spinach are also good candidates for fall harvest.
1. 1.1 Used in names of other plants with edible green leaves, e.g., lamb's lettuce, sea lettuce.
  用于有可食用绿叶的植物名称，如 lamb's lettuce，sea lettuce
  Example sentencesExamples
  I particularly liked the leaves of baby jem lettuce, the oven-roasted tomatoes and the black and green olives.
  It came with a sauce Gribiche (a thick egg mayo type version of the caper sauce) and a salad of tender lambs' lettuce with a subtle but still distinctively walnut oil vinaigrette.
  An average dinner in our house is fish or baked chicken with lambs lettuce.
2US informal Paper money; greenbacks.
Example sentencesExamples
- It takes a lot of lettuce to pay today's players.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- ‘milk’ (because of its milky juice).

单词	lettuce
释义	Definition of lettuce in English: lettuce noun ˈlɛtɪsˈlɛdəs 1A cultivated plant of the daisy family, with edible leaves that are eaten in salads. Lactuca sativa, family Compositae Example sentencesExamples I make salad with avocados, tomato, lettuce and spring onions, with an olive oil and red wine dressing. At home we grow sweetcorn, beans, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, garlic and leeks. In the vegetable garden, carrots, spring onions, lettuce, spinach and radishes can all be planted. Verlaine's chine was stuffed with leeks, spring onions, lettuce, raspberry leaves, parsley, thyme and marjoram. The Sardine salad with tomato, lettuce, cucumber and carrot mixed with olive oil and vinegar is a hit dish in the eatery. The carrots, cabbage, spinach, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and beetroot that are grown in the garden were initially used to feed 80 children once a week. I plant hybrid tomatoes, but grow heirloom chick peas, fava beans, lettuce, and cucumbers (to list but a few). Snap beans, turnips, leaf lettuce and spinach are also good candidates for fall harvest. Add the lettuce and watercress and purée until smooth, about one minute. In a small bowl, combine the lettuce, Upland Cress, balsamic vinegar, and grapeseed oil and toss to coat. In the vegetable garden early planting of lettuce, peas, radishes, carrots, parsley, onions and potatoes are equally important. I said that because of the condiments: the mustard and mayo, the lettuce, tomato and onion. By way of accompaniment, we roasted acorn squash and red peppers, sautéed red onions, and made a big salad of farmers' market lettuces and shaved fennel. The crops of spring onions, lettuce and Chinese cabbage were given free to guests at a formal function to celebrate the event on Friday. An almost bare-bones salad of romaine lettuce has a tongue-clacking blast of fresh anchovy dressing. The romaine lettuce didn't feel right for this salad. Other fruits and vegetables coming through the laboratory with diseases included figs, pears, quinces, raspberries, nectarines, cherries, onions, lettuces, corn, mung beans and pumpkins. In my family, when the lettuce is all gone, basil's not just an herb, it becomes our main leafy green. In addition romaine lettuce, arugula and spinach are valuable. The salad garden grows colorful lettuce, basil, tarragon and trellised peas. 1.1 Used in names of other plants with edible green leaves, e.g. lamb's lettuce, sea lettuce. 用于有可食用绿叶的植物名称，如 lamb's lettuce，sea lettuce Example sentencesExamples I particularly liked the leaves of baby jem lettuce, the oven-roasted tomatoes and the black and green olives. An average dinner in our house is fish or baked chicken with lambs lettuce. It came with a sauce Gribiche (a thick egg mayo type version of the caper sauce) and a salad of tender lambs' lettuce with a subtle but still distinctively walnut oil vinaigrette. Origin Middle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- 'milk' (because of its milky juice). Lettuce came into English from Old French letues or laitues, from Latin lactuca, whose root was lac ‘milk’—the connection was the milky juice that lettuce produces. Latin lac also gave us lactic (late 18th century), ‘relating to milk’. Rhymes Lettice, Thetis Definition of lettuce in US English: lettuce nounˈledəsˈlɛdəs 1A cultivated plant of the daisy family, with edible leaves that are a usual ingredient of salads. Many varieties of lettuce have been developed with a range of form, texture, and color. 生菜；莴苣 Lactuca sativa, family Compositae Example sentencesExamples I plant hybrid tomatoes, but grow heirloom chick peas, fava beans, lettuce, and cucumbers (to list but a few). The crops of spring onions, lettuce and Chinese cabbage were given free to guests at a formal function to celebrate the event on Friday. I said that because of the condiments: the mustard and mayo, the lettuce, tomato and onion. The salad garden grows colorful lettuce, basil, tarragon and trellised peas. In the vegetable garden, carrots, spring onions, lettuce, spinach and radishes can all be planted. I make salad with avocados, tomato, lettuce and spring onions, with an olive oil and red wine dressing. In my family, when the lettuce is all gone, basil's not just an herb, it becomes our main leafy green. At home we grow sweetcorn, beans, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, garlic and leeks. In addition romaine lettuce, arugula and spinach are valuable. The romaine lettuce didn't feel right for this salad. Add the lettuce and watercress and purée until smooth, about one minute. The carrots, cabbage, spinach, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and beetroot that are grown in the garden were initially used to feed 80 children once a week. An almost bare-bones salad of romaine lettuce has a tongue-clacking blast of fresh anchovy dressing. By way of accompaniment, we roasted acorn squash and red peppers, sautéed red onions, and made a big salad of farmers' market lettuces and shaved fennel. Other fruits and vegetables coming through the laboratory with diseases included figs, pears, quinces, raspberries, nectarines, cherries, onions, lettuces, corn, mung beans and pumpkins. The Sardine salad with tomato, lettuce, cucumber and carrot mixed with olive oil and vinegar is a hit dish in the eatery. In a small bowl, combine the lettuce, Upland Cress, balsamic vinegar, and grapeseed oil and toss to coat. In the vegetable garden early planting of lettuce, peas, radishes, carrots, parsley, onions and potatoes are equally important. Verlaine's chine was stuffed with leeks, spring onions, lettuce, raspberry leaves, parsley, thyme and marjoram. Snap beans, turnips, leaf lettuce and spinach are also good candidates for fall harvest. 1.1 Used in names of other plants with edible green leaves, e.g., lamb's lettuce, sea lettuce. 用于有可食用绿叶的植物名称，如 lamb's lettuce，sea lettuce Example sentencesExamples I particularly liked the leaves of baby jem lettuce, the oven-roasted tomatoes and the black and green olives. It came with a sauce Gribiche (a thick egg mayo type version of the caper sauce) and a salad of tender lambs' lettuce with a subtle but still distinctively walnut oil vinaigrette. An average dinner in our house is fish or baked chicken with lambs lettuce. 2US informal Paper money; greenbacks. Example sentencesExamples It takes a lot of lettuce to pay today's players. Origin Middle English: from Old French letues, laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- ‘milk’ (because of its milky juice).
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