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Lettuce vs Celtuce - What's the difference?

lettuce | celtuce |

As nouns the difference between lettuce and celtuce

is that lettuce is an edible plant, lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves while celtuce is a cultivar of lettuce harvested primarily for its 15- to 20-centimeter stem.

lettuce

English

(wikipedia lettuce)

Noun

  • An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
  • (uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
    • I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
  • (uncountable, US, slang) United States paper currency; dollars.

    • Synonyms

    * (US paper currency) cabbage, greenbacks

    Derived terms

    * lettuce leaf * lettuce opium * lettucey, lettucy * sea lettuce

    See also

    * cabbage

    celtuce

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cultivar of lettuce harvested primarily for its 15- to 20-centimeter stem.

    • Synonyms

    * (type of lettuce) asparagus lettuce, celery lettuce, Chinese lettuce, stem lettuce

    External links

    * ("celtuce" on Wikipedia)