Lettuce

Definition of Lettuce

Let´tuce   Pronunciation: lĕt´tĭs
n.1.(Bot.) A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (Lactuca sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is Lactuca Canadensis.
2.United States currency; dollar bills; greenbacks.
Hare's lettuce
See under Hare, and Lamb.
Lettuce opium
See Lactucarium.
Sea lettuce
certain papery green seaweeds of the genus Ulva.

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