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

Leaf lettuce, which is more often used for garnishing than for any other purpose, has firm, crisp, green, upright leaves; on the other hand, head lettuce has round leaves forming a compact head, like cabbage.

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