leaf lettuce

noun

1. a type of lettuce having loosely clustered, often curled leaves that are sometimes tinged with red.

Example Sentences

Instead, there is a mixture of green leaf lettuce, carrots, red cabbage, jicama, and slices of tofu pan-fried with lemongrass and vegetarian oyster sauce.

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This chicken sandwich is made with grilled chicken, leaf lettuce, sliced tomatoes, Swiss cheese, and garlic aioli, served in a potato bun.

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Other eco-friendly food wraps include vegetable bags made of terry cloth — “It keeps my red leaf lettuce fresh for 10 days,” Dobson says — and compostable cheese paper.

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The vegetation deliveries consist of primarily romaine and butter leaf lettuce, according to CNN, and officials hope that the easy access to food will lessen the animal's quickening mortality rate.

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But any roasted vegetable, or a medley of them, would work here, as would any fresh lettuce or tender leafy green, from red leaf lettuce to arugula or spinach.

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