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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mild lettuce, Lactuca sativa. uncountable

   "Or switch to heat-tolerant lettuces, like oak leaf and buttercrunch."

2. 2
   lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves wordnet

Example

More examples

"Or switch to heat-tolerant lettuces, like oak leaf and buttercrunch."

Etymology

From butter + crunch.

Related phrases

lactuca sativa

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