lettuce
/ˈletɪs/noun
1- a 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 colour.生菜; 莴苣。
1.1
- Lactuca sativa, family Compositae.拉丁名Lactuca sativa,菊科。
1.2
- 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。
词源
Middle English: from Old French letues， laitues， plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac, lact- 'milk' (because of its milky juice).