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Lactuca vs Lactucone - What's the difference?

lactuca | lactucone |

As nouns the difference between lactuca and lactucone

is that lactuca is lettuce while lactucone is (organic compound) a white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

lactuca

Not English

Lactuca has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'lactuca':

lactose, lysdexia, lactase, lectica, lactage, listicle, listwise, lastage

lactucone

English

Noun

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  • (organic compound) A white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.
    • (Webster 1913)