lettuce
- noun
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A garden plant with big soft green leaves that people eat raw, mostly in salads.
Wash the lettuce well before you put it in the bowl.
I always ask for extra lettuce and tomato in my sandwich.
We grow lettuce and radishes in a small bed by the fence.
She bought two lettuces and a bag of carrots at the market.
Common collocations: a head of lettuce · crisp lettuce · lettuce leaves · wash the lettuce · shredded lettuce
Part of: Vegetables, The garden
Forms
- plural
- lettuces