| 单词 | lettuce |
| 释义 | lettuce /let"is/, n. 1. a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads. 2. any species of Lactuca. 3. Slang. U.S. dollar bills; greenbacks. [1250-1300; 1925-30 for def. 3; ME letuse, appar. < OF laitues, pl. of laitue < L lactuca a lettuce, perh. deriv. of lac, s. lact- milk, with termination as in eruca ROCKET2 (or by assoc. with Gk galaktoûchos having milk)] |
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