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n. (possession) | 1. boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | informal terms for money. |
| ~ money | the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender.; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" |
n. (plant) | 2. lettuce | any of various plants of the genus Lactuca. |
| ~ genus lactuca, lactuca | an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce. |
| ~ common lettuce, garden lettuce, lactuca sativa | annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown. |
| ~ cos lettuce, lactuca sativa longifolia, romaine lettuce | lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves. |
| ~ head lettuce, lactuca sativa capitata | distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball. |
| ~ lactuca sativa crispa, leaf lettuce | distinguished by leaves having curled or incised leaves forming a loose rosette that does not develop into a compact head. |
| ~ celtuce, lactuca sativa asparagina, stem lettuce | lettuce valued especially for its edible stems. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
n. (food) | 3. lettuce | leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa. |
| ~ salad green, salad greens | greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads. |
| ~ butterhead lettuce | lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised. |
| ~ crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce, iceberg | lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head.; "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce" |
| ~ romaine, cos, cos lettuce, romaine lettuce | lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head. |
| ~ loose-leaf lettuce, leaf lettuce | lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head. |
| ~ common lettuce, garden lettuce, lactuca sativa | annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown. |
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