| 单词 | white lettuce |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite lettuce white lettuce n. (a) any of various whitish-flowered plants of the genus Prenanthes, allied to the lettuces (genus Lactuca), esp. the rattlesnake-root ( P. alba); (b) a pale-leaved cultivar of the genus Lactuca. ΚΠ 1747 R. Mead Disc. Small-pox & Measles 98 The greater wood-sorrel-seed, vetches, berberries,..white lettuce-seed. 1841 J. Torrey & A. Gray Flora N. Amer. II. 480 Achenia scarcely striate. Corolla white or ochroleucous, sometimes tinged with purple.—White Lettuce. 1877 J. Corson Cooking Man. 85 Place in a salad bowl one underdone cauliflower, broken in branches, six small silver onions, six radishes, ornament with the hearts of two white lettuces, and one dessert spoonful each of chopped olives and capers. 1969 D. R. Brothwell Food in Antiq. vii. 121 Pliny tells us that the Greeks called the white lettuce 'poppy lettuce' because of its soporific white juice, and that formerly this was the only kind known in Italy where this 'milk' led to its being named lactuca. 2001 D. M. Ladd North Woods Wildflowers 170 Glaucous White Lettuce (P. racemosa) also occurs in the region, usually in more open or wetter sites. It has hairy sepal-like bracts and unlobed leaves. Tall White Lettuce (P. altissima) has 6 or fewer smooth sepal-like bracts. < as lemmas |
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