leaf lettuce
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- noun
- /liːf ˈlɛtɪs/
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- Half an acre of cleared land sprouted leaf lettuce, broccoli, arugula, radishes, cauliflower, carrots, and sugar snap peas.
- red leaf lettuce
- green leaf lettuce
- baby leaf lettuce
You can grow leaf lettuce for leaves no problem.
- You can grow leaf lettuce for leaves no problem.
- And this is an example of a flat leaf lettuce, spinach, which are much easier to clean.
Examples
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So do the plants that grow in that earth: tomatoes, leaf lettuce, poppies, spinach, and to distract whitefly from the others, nasturtiums.
Fiction book (1990) -
And this is an example of a flat leaf lettuce, spinach, which are much easier to clean.
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And this is just a wonderful leaf lettuce because it's such fast growing.
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You can grow leaf lettuce for leaves no problem.
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The only things they should have been saying were very practical-type instructions, such as "also get a head of red-leaf lettuce."
Fiction book (1997) -
For an edible rosette crop, leaf lettuce is ideal.
Academic text (2001) -
I toss leaf lettuce, sliced cucumbers, radishes, hardboiled eggs, and red onion rings.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Roman salad looked very much like a tossed salad, except that it had green olives and wedges of artichoke heart in with the cherry tomatoes, shredded carrots, and red leaf lettuce.
Fiction book (1996) -
And a green salad with red leaf lettuce and endive, cucumber, pepper, alfalfa sprouts, and a vinegar-and-oil dressing flavored with dill.
Fiction book (1997) -
Leaf lettuce is often used in salads because of its loose, curled leaves.
Synonyms
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A leafy green vegetable often eaten raw in salads
A type of lettuce with loose, curled leaves used in salads
A type of lettuce with loose leaves that do not form a head
A garden plant grown for its edible leaves used in salads
Antonyms
How Tender
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'leaf' (individual leafy parts) + 'lettuce' (the salad vegetable) denotes a kind of lettuce made of loose leaves rather than a compact head. This follows a common noun-compound pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Leaf lettuce comes from the plant's look: instead of a tight 'head', it grows loose, curly leaves. The words leaf and lettuce show that image, so leaf lettuce means the kind of lettuce made of loose leaves for salads today.