Definition of lactuca Lactuca
We found 3 definitions of lactuca from 3 different sources.
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What does lactuca mean?
WordNet
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| lactuca - an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce | ||
| genus Lactuca | ||
| asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs | ||
| aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia | ||
| lettuce leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa | ||
| common lettuce, garden lettuce, lactuca sativa annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown | ||
| lactuca sativa longifolia, cos lettuce, romaine lettuce lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lactuca (n.)
A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.
