iceberg lettuce

noun

1. a variety of lettuce having a cabbagelike head of crisp leaves.

iceberg lettuce

noun

1. a type of lettuce with very crisp pale leaves tightly enfolded

Word History and Origins

Origin of iceberg lettuce¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

We’d often eat them in BLTs, packed with crunchy iceberg lettuce and crisp bacon, a thick smear of mayonnaise catching the fruit’s sweet and grassy juices.

From Washington Post