Butterleaf

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of lettuce with a delicate buttery flavour. attributive, often, uncountable

    "This will not be a problem if you use a butterleaf lettuce like Bibb, or possibly the inner leaves of romaine or cabbage (it depends on the particular head)."

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"This will not be a problem if you use a butterleaf lettuce like Bibb, or possibly the inner leaves of romaine or cabbage (it depends on the particular head)."

Etymology

From butter + leaf.

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