Lettuce

Definition: Lettuce

Lettuce

Noun

1. Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca.

2. Leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "lettuce" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references)

Satire

Dream Interpretation

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Food

Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut.

Crosswords: Lettuce

We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield)

I'd like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee (Five Easy Pieces; writing credit: Carole Eastman; Bob Rafelson)

Mine invents a lettuce machine (Captain Nice; writing credit: Norman Klenman)

Ten bucks if you go over to that guy and ask him where the lettuce isonly, you don't say lettuce (Ed; writing credit: Steven Joel Kerzner)

The narrow archway; the layers; the scroll of ancient lettuce. We worship the flaw, the belly, the belly, the mole on the belly of an exquisite whore (Babelogue; performing artist: Patti Smith)

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References

• Slug & Lettuce Group Plc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Fresh or Chilled Lettuce, Chicory, and Endive: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Lettuce in Your Kitchen: Where Salad Gets a Whole New Spin and Dressings Do Double Duty (reference)

• Lettuce, Endive and Chicory (Crop Production Science in Horticulture, 7) (reference)

• More Perishable than Lettuce or Tomatoes: Labour Law Reform and (reference)

• The Certification of the Contents Mass Fractions of Arsenic, Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Selenium and Zinc in a Sea Lettuce (Ulva Lactuca: Crm No 279) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Banana, Cabbage, Potato, Lettuce, Onion, Orange [IMPORT] (reference)

• Share My Lettuce (1957 Original London Cast) [CAST RECORDING] (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Zyliss Comfort Salad Spinner with Storage Lid and Bonus Lettuce knife, Blue (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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(2) color slides show different bowls of salad. (1) bowl of mixed salad, (1) bowl of sliced tomatoes over a bed of lettuce. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

A hamburger with a rim of lettuce sitting on a black plate against a black background with a black and red napkin on a black and white-dotted tablecloth. Credit: Len Rizzi (photographer).

Hold the pickles; hold the lettuce. Space is serving up giant hamburgers. NASA's Hubble Space ... Credit: NASA.

A lettuce sea slug. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

A farmer adjusts siphon tubes on furrow irrigated lettuce near Phoeniz, AZ. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Workers harvesting leaf lettuce by hand, Yuma, Az. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Lettuce crop in central California. Credit: Gary Kramer.

Nearly every head of iceberg lettuce you'll find in a supermarket owes its parentage to the work of ARS plant breeders. Salinas iceberg lettuce and its progeny are the most widely planted iceberg lettuces in the Salinas Valley of California, the world's foremost lettuce-growing region. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

In California's Salinas Valley, where much of America's lettuce is produced, ARS researcher Edward Ryder and colleague William Waycott, scrutinize an exceptional array of unique lettuces. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Patrick Tregenza..

Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) at Shady Cove, near the Rogue River. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Avoid all raw fruits and vegetables (including lettuce and fruit salad) unless they can be peeled and you peel them yourself. (references)

Many fruits and vegetables contain lots of water, too. They include melons, grapes, apples, oranges, tomatoes, lettuce, and celery. (references)

Among other known sources of infection are consumption of sprouts, lettuce, salami, unpasteurized milk and juice, and swimming in or drinking sewage-contaminated water. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

Lettuce, broccoli, and all sorts of green vegetables are grown in the state of Guanajuato. (references)

Guatemala

The largest seed importer is the vegetable sector, which includes sweet corn, beets, cauliflower, onion, pepper, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, radish, cucumber, lettuce, squash, tomato, and others. (references)

Jamaica

However, products such as tomatoes, cabbages, melons, lettuce, and other fruits and vegetables which competes directly with locally produce products will become less price competitive under the GOJ's proposed 180 percent tax on imports (composed on 100 percent duty plus 80 percent ASD). (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

The restrictions have been extended to include other varieties of produce for which the Ministry determines that local farmers (e.g. Christmas poinsettias, romaine lettuce, yellow squash, and zucchini) can meet the demand. (references)

Trade

France

Fresh vegetables such as artichokes, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, lettuce, and squash are also subject to seasonal price restrictions. (references)

Brazil

Breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, including semen and embryos); wine and brandy, distilled spirits (rum, wodka and whiskey); fresh vegetables (asparagus, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, garlic, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes); canned vegetables (asparagus, beans, carrots, corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato paste); frozen vegetables (beans, broccoli, carrots, corn and spinach); peanut butter or peanut flour; dairy products (butter, butter oil, ghee, anhydrous milk fat, non-fat and whole milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, lactose, non-sweetened condensed milk, fluid milk, lecithin and cheese); ice cream; meat, frozen or chilled (beef, pork and their products);wheat, wheat flour, semolina; cotton, 100% cotton yarn, 100% cotton fabrics (woven and knit unbleached/bleached/dyed, and/or printed); rice; feed grains (barley, including malting barley, white corn, yellow corn, sorghum and oats); corn products (flour, starch, corn meal, popcorn and gluten); pulses(dry beans, peas and lentils), poultry breeder stock (baby chicks, turkey pouts and hatching eggs); eggs and egg products (fresh, dry, refrigerated, frozen, albumin, etc); fresh fruits (apples, apricots, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, melons, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, peaches, raspberries and tangerines); hops: hops extract; tallow: grease, lard, barley malt; potatoes(cut and chilled or frozen; flakes, granules); peanuts; commercially prepared dog and cat food, animal feed ingredients, fish food; seeds for sowing; almonds ( walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut and pecan); dry fruits, frozen fruits, canned fruits, fruit pure and fruit pulp, 100% natural fruit juice; seafood (fresh and frozen);tomato paste; alfalfa; honey; skins; nutritional beverages preparations (for human consumption); soy protein products; vegetable oils; wood; beer; cereals; preparation for breads and pizzas (powder, refrigerated of frozen); canned pickles; ready-to-eat meals; soft drinks and sodas; soups and sauces. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "lettuce": Bibb lettuce ♦ Boston lettuce ♦ butterhead lettuce ♦ cabbage lettuce ♦ common lettuce ♦ cos lettuce ♦ crisphead lettuce ♦ frog's lettuce ♦ garden lettuce ♦ Hare's lettuce ♦ head lettuce ♦ iceberg lettuce ♦ indian lettuce ♦ lamb lettuce ♦ lamb's lettuce ♦ leaf lettuce ♦ lettuce leaf ♦ Lettuce opium ♦ lettuce salad ♦ malheur wire lettuce ♦ miner's lettuce ♦ prickly lettuce ♦ romaine lettuce ♦ sea lettuce ♦ stem lettuce ♦ water lettuce ♦ white lettuce. Additional references.

Beginning with "lettuce": lettuce-chewing, lettuce-flavoured, lettuce-garden, lettuce-green, lettuce-stealing.

Ending with "lettuce": sea-lettuce, Water-lettuce.

Containing "lettuce": bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich, sea-lettuce family.

Afrikaans

kropslaai, blaarslaai. (various references)

Albanian

letonez (lettish), marule. (various references)

Arabic 

‏الخس. (various references)

Asturian

llechuga. (various references)

Bavarian

greana solod. (various references)

Bulgarian 

маруля. (various references)

Catalan

enciam. (various references)

Cebuano

letsugas. (various references)

Chinese 

莴苣, �"�菜 . (various references)

Cornish

letys. (various references)

Czech

hlávkový salát, hlávkový salád. (various references)

Danish

salat (salad). (various references)

Dutch

sla, salade (salad), latuw, kropsla. (various references)

Esperanto

laktuko. (various references)

Farsi 

کاهو(گ.ش.). (various references)

Finnish

lehtisalaatti. (various references)

French

laitue. (various references)

Frisian

kropslaad. (various references)

German

Kopfsalat (cabbage lettuce), Salat (salad), Lattich. (various references)

Greek 

μαρούλι. (various references)

Hebrew 

חס�". (various references)

Hungarian

saláta (rabbit food, salad), fejes saláta. (various references)

Indonesian

selada (rabbit food, salad). (various references)

Irish

leitís. (various references)

Italian

lattuga. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

萵苣 , レスキュー隊 (label, ladies, ladies first, lady, Lady Borden, laisser-faire, lead, led, leg warmers, lesbian, lesser panda, lesson, letter, letter facsimile, letterhead, lettering, medical practitioners' receipt for health insurance claim, medical prescription, ready-made, reception, red, red purge, red tape, Redmond, rescue squad, resolution, resonance, respirator, response, rest, rest house, rest room, restaurant, restaurant hotel, restaurant theater, retort, retouch, rhetoric, sticker, tow truck, wrestling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

レタス , ちしゃ (a sage, ruler). (various references)

Korean 

양상�". (various references)

Macedonian

salata. (various references)

Manx

glassyr. (various references)

Mohawk

onerahtakate. (various references)

Norwegian

bladsalat. (various references)

Papago

li-juhwa. (various references)

Papiamen

salada (salad). (various references)

Pig Latin

ettucelay.(various references)

Portuguese

alface. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

alface. (various references)

Provencal

lachuga. (various references)

Romanian

lãptucã. (various references)

Russian 

салат-латук, салат (salad, side-dish, slaw). (various references)

Sepedi

salae. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

salata (salad). (various references)

Sicilian

lattuga. (various references)

Spanish

lechuga (salad). (various references)

Sranan

sra. (various references)

Swedish

sallad (salad). (various references)

Thai

เงินธนบัตร (คำสแลง). (various references)

Turkish

marul (cos). (various references)

Ukrainian

салат-латук. (various references)

Vietnamese 

rau diếp. (various references)

Welsh

letysen. (various references)

Zulu

uletisi. (various references)

coles, lactuca, LACTUCA SATIVA, lactucis, multicoloria, thridax. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "lettuce": lettuces. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lettuce" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Latouche, Latouka, lattuce, latuce, Lettaure, Lettie, lettuced, lettuse, Lutece. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cutlet, cuttle.

-2 letters: culet, elect, elute, tutee.

-3 letters: celt, cete, clue, cult, cute, leet, luce, lute, teel, tele, tule.

-4 letters: cee, cel, cue, cut, ecu, eel, lee, let, leu, tee, tel, tet, tut.

-5 letters: el, et, ut.

+1 letter: lettuces.

+2 letters: cluttered, reluctate.

+3 letters: cuttlebone, reluctated, reluctates, reticulate, scutellate, turtleneck.

+4 letters: cuttlebones, denticulate, electrocute, gesticulate, multicenter, recultivate, reticulated, reticulates, scutellated, telecommute, trabeculate, tuberculate, turtlenecks, ultrasecret, uncluttered.

+5 letters: counterstyle, cuttlefishes, denticulated, destructible, effectuality, electrocuted, electrocutes, electrotonus, gesticulated, gesticulates, intellectual, intercluster, interculture, luncheonette, multifaceted, outplacement, rearticulate, recapitulate, recultivated, recultivates, reticulately, reticulocyte, sextuplicate, telecommuted, telecommuter, telecommutes, tuberculated, turtlenecked, undetectable.