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Greens vs Lettuce - What's the difference?

greens | lettuce |

As nouns the difference between greens and lettuce

is that greens is plural of lang=en while lettuce is an edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.

As a verb greens

is third-person singular of green.

As a proper noun Greens

is a green party.

greens

English

Noun

(head)
  • (plurale tantum) The leaves of certain edible green plants, especially of brassicas, eaten as a vegetable.
  • (plurale tantum) Any vegetables eaten by humans, regardless of colour.

    • Derived terms

    * beet greens * collard greens * dandelion greens * leafy greens * mess of greens * salad greens * spring greens * turnip greens * warrigal greens

    Verb

    (head)
  • (green)

    • Anagrams

    * English plurals ----

    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