lettuce
pronunciation
How to pronounce lettuce in British English:
UK [ˈletɪs]
How to pronounce lettuce in American English:
US [ˈletɪs]
-
- Noun:
- informal terms for money
- any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
- leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
Word Origin
- lettuce
- lettuce: [13] The lettuce was named for the milky white sap that exudes from its stalk when cut. The Latin for milk is lac (source of English lactation [17] and lactose [19]), and so the lettuce was christened lactūca. This passed into English via laituës, the plural of Old French laituë.=> lactation, lactose
- lettuce (n.)
- late 13c., probably from Old French laitues, plural of laitue "lettuce," from Latin lactuca "lettuce," from lac (genitive lactis) "milk" (see lactation); so called for the milky juice of the plant.
Example
- 1. The tortoise is dreaming of a leaf of lettuce
- 2. Galen thought wrapping the patient 's tongue in a cloth soaked in lettuce juice might help .
- 3. Whether that results in treatments more effective than lettuce juice and wine is another matter .
- 4. A salad arrives smoking , with the curls forming around crisp lettuce leaves and tomatoes .
- 5. Nothing is worse than trying to shove a large piece of lettuce in your mouth and having some of it stick out .