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Cos lettuce

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce. UK, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of cos lettuce, romaine lettuce. UK, alt-of, uncountable
  3. 3
    lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head wordnet
  4. 4
    lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Variously derived from Cos, an alternative spelling of the Greek island of Kos, or from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”).

Etymology 2

From the supposed origin of cos lettuce with reference to the Greek island of Kos.

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