Bibb lettuce

American  

[bib] / bɪb /

noun

1. a variety of lettuce having a small, somewhat tapering head and tender, light-green leaves.

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Etymology

Origin of Bibb lettuce

First recorded in 1960–65; allegedly after a 19th century U.S. grower, though the variety was first introduced about 1890 under the name “Half Century,” and the history of its reintroduction as “Bibb” is obscure

Example Sentences

This is, per its name, a simple, classic green salad: just Bibb lettuce, hazelnuts, vinaigrette.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022

The brasserie-influenced menu includes Bibb lettuce salad with crisp pig ears, sweetbreads with black trumpet mushrooms, a two-bone 45-day aged rib-eye carved tableside, and chocolate soufflé with green chartreuse ice cream.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2019

And nuggets of fried catfish, freckled with white sesame seeds and tingling beneath a chili glaze, morph into the city’s best fish tacos when they’re tucked into Bibb lettuce.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2016

A Bibb lettuce salad with frisee, endive, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers and toasted shallot dressing and an herb-crusted sea bass, tomato-lemon confit grilled vegetables. 

From MSNBC • Nov. 7, 2014

In the first episode of the series, “Lettuce Begin,” after Mr. Berger and the chef, Mr. Sargent, sample Bibb lettuce moments after it has been pulled from the ground, Mr. Berger is underwhelmed.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2012