- Boston lettuce
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a cultivated variety of lettuce having a rounded head of soft, crumpled leaves, used for salads.
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Boston lettuce
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Boston lettuce — n. a type of butterhead lettuce … English World dictionary
Boston lettuce — noun lettuce with relatively soft leaves • Hypernyms: ↑butterhead lettuce * * * noun [noncount] US : a kind of soft lettuce that is often used in salads … Useful english dictionary
Boston lettuce — noun Date: 1880 butter lettuce of a variety that is larger than the closely related Bibb lettuce … New Collegiate Dictionary
Boston lettuce — Bos′ton let′tuce n. pln a cultivated variety of lettuce with a rounded head of soft, crumpled leaves: used for salads … From formal English to slang
Lettuce — Taxobox name = Lettuce image width = 260 px image caption = Iceberg lettuce field in Northern Santa Barbara County regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae genus = Lactuca species = L … Wikipedia
head lettuce — noun distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball • Syn: ↑Lactuca sativa capitata • Hypernyms: ↑lettuce • Member Holonyms: ↑Lactuca, ↑genus Lactuca • Part Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
butterhead lettuce — noun lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised • Hypernyms: ↑lettuce • Hyponyms: ↑buttercrunch, ↑Bibb lettuce, ↑Boston lettuce • Part Holonyms: ↑head lettuce, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
butterhead lettuce — [but′ərhed΄] n. a major group of lettuce varieties having soft, pliable leaves and small, loose heads, including bibb and Boston lettuce * * * … Universalium
head lettuce — any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, esp. iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce. * * * … Universalium
butterhead lettuce — [but′ərhed΄] n. a major group of lettuce varieties having soft, pliable leaves and small, loose heads, including bibb and Boston lettuce … English World dictionary
