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WHITE LETTUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white lettuce mean? 

WHITE LETTUCE (noun)
  The noun WHITE LETTUCE has 1 sense:

1. herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthesplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE LETTUCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE LETTUCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cankerweed; Nabalus alba; Prenanthes alba; white lettuce

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

rattlesnake root (a plant of the genus Nabalus)

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

genus Nabalus; Nabalus (genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes)


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