'Lactuca sativa' definitions:
Definition of 'Lactuca sativa'
(from WordNet)
noun
Annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown [syn: garden lettuce, common lettuce, Lactuca sativa]
Definition of 'Lactuca sativa'
From: GCIDE
- Lettuce \Let"tuce\ (l[e^]t"t[i^]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac, lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows from it when it is cut: cf. F. laitue. Cf. Lacteal, Lactucic.]
- 1. (Bot.) A composite plant of the genus Lactuca ({Lactuca sativa}), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is Lactuca Canadensis. [1913 Webster]
- 2. United States currency; dollar bills; greenbacks. [slang] [PJC]
- Hare's lettuce, Lamb's lettuce. See under Hare, and Lamb.
- Lettuce opium. See Lactucarium.
- Sea lettuce, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus Ulva. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lactuca sativa'
From: GCIDE
- celtuce \celtuce\ n.
- 1. a type of lettuce (Lactuca sativa asparagina) valued especially for its edible stems.
- Syn: stem lettuce, Lactuca sativa asparagina. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a salad green having characteristics of both lettuce and celery; stems eaten either raw or cooked. [WordNet 1.5]