iceberg lettuce

American  

noun

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

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iceberg lettuce British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of iceberg lettuce

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

In the early 1970s, he launched a nationwide boycott of iceberg lettuce.

From The Wall Street Journal

Big bowls of iceberg lettuce dressed in Italian vinaigrette.

From Salon

“What happened to good, old-fashioned romaine? Or iceberg. I remember when everyone ate iceberg lettuce.”

From Literature

Because radish greens are delicate in texture, they pair well with similar-textured greens rather than firm greens, like iceberg lettuce or romaine.

From Salon

Like iceberg lettuce or American cheese, ranch has become shorthand for everything supposedly wrong with the national palate.

From Salon