lettuce

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noun

Plural noun:

lettuces

1.
(countable, uncountable)An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
Đồng nghĩa: sleepwort
2.
(uncountable)(uncountable, vegetable) 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.
3.
(US, slang, uncountable)United States paper currency; dollars.
Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!
Đồng nghĩa: cabbage, greenbacks
4.
(countable, uncountable)A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
5.
(slang, uncountable)Marijuana.
6.
(slang, uncountable)Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture.

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sleepwort cabbagegreenbacksgreenback

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cabbage

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Nguồn gốc từ

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.