lettuce

Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca of the composite family, especially L. sativa, cultivated for its edible leaves.

The leaves of L. sativa, used especially in salads.

Paper money.

A garden-herb, Lactuca sativa, a hardy annual, extensively cultivated for use as a salad.

Any plant of the genus Lactuca; also, a plant having some resemblance to Lactuca.

In America, Lactuca Canadensis. Also called trumpetweed and trumpet-milkweed.

Sometimes the same as blue lettuce.

A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (Lactuca sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is Lactuca Canadensis.

United States currency; dollar bills; greenbacks.