head lettuce

American  

noun

1. any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, especially iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce.

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Example Sentences

For example, there are hundreds of varieties of head lettuce.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2023

California’s outdoor head lettuce production alone was nearly four times larger, at 2.9 billion pounds.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2021

Helen Allan won 25 cents in 1911 by sending The Times a “Daffydill” pun: “If Lem-on Friday beet tomato’s head lettuce squash his cocoanut.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2019

This season he planted kale, head lettuce, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, radishes and carrots.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2015

The outside leaves of head lettuce are green, but the inside ones are usually bleached by the exclusion of light, as are those of cabbage and endive.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences