lettuce
noun
a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads.
lettuces
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pluralof lettuce.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Millions of lettuces are set to be wasted as farmers are grappling with a record outbreak of aphids that has devastated the end of their growing season.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nowadays in the early mornings, farmers — many of them descendants of Xochimilco’s original inhabitants — can be seen loading canoes with lettuces and flowers grown in the rich sediments dredged from the canals.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
I always have a ton of bell peppers, chiles and lettuces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Some veggies are surprisingly cold tolerant — some lettuces and kales even taste sweeter after a temperature dip.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Liyana could see the old man, Abu Hamra, pushing his cart of lettuces and cabbages up to the crossroads where he sat with it.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
