LETTUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lettuce mean? 

• LETTUCE (noun)
  The noun LETTUCE has 3 senses:

1. informal terms for money

2. any of various plants of the genus Lactuca

3. leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa

  Familiarity information: LETTUCE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LETTUCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

boodle; bread; cabbage; clams; dinero; dough; gelt; kale; lettuce; lolly; loot; lucre; moolah; pelf; scratch; shekels; simoleons; sugar; wampum

Hypernyms ("lettuce" is a kind of...):

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lettuce" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)

Holonyms ("lettuce" is a member of...):

genus Lactuca; Lactuca (an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lettuce" is a kind of...):

salad green; salad greens (greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lettuce"):

butterhead lettuce (lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised)

crisphead lettuce; iceberg; iceberg lettuce (lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head)

cos; cos lettuce; romaine; romaine lettuce (lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head)

leaf lettuce; loose-leaf lettuce (lettuce with loosely curled leaves that do not form a compact head)

Holonyms ("lettuce" is a part of...):

common lettuce; garden lettuce; Lactuca sativa (annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown)

 Context examples 

We'll have lettuce and make a salad.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Some of the young ladies washed the lettuces for him, and sliced them under his directions.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was subsequently tested on tomatoes, lettuce, and rice, by cycling the crops.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

The red color in spring mixes is currently provided by red lettuce, radicchio or chard.

(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

As to the other, there was nought holy about him that I could see, and it would be cheaper for me to pray for myself than to give a crown to one who spent his days in digging for lettuces.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The lobster was a scarlet mystery to her, but she hammered and poked till it was unshelled and its meager proportions concealed in a grove of lettuce leaves.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)