Boston lettuce

Boston lettuce

n. A type of cultivated lettuce forming a rounded head and having soft-textured, yellow-green inner leaves.

Bos′ton let′tuce

n. a cultivated variety of lettuce with a rounded head of soft, crumpled leaves: used for salads.

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Boston lettuce - lettuce with relatively soft leavesbutterhead lettuce - lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised