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Lettuce

Lactuca sativa
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Lettuce

NOUN:

: any of a genus (Lactuca) of composite plants; especially : a common garden vegetable (L. sativa) whose succulent leaves are used especially in salads

ETYMOLOGY:

Middle English letuse, from Anglo-French letuse, probably from plural of letue lettuce plant, from Latin lactuca, from lact-, lac milk; from its milky juice — more at galaxy

First Known Use: 14th century

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Lettuce

Iceberg lettuce field in Northern Santa Barbara County

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Angiosperms
Class:	Eudicots
	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Lactuca
Species:	L. sativa

Binomial name

Lactuca sativa
L.

Wikipedia

Visser, Margaret. Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal. NY: Grove, 2010 [1986].

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