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Prickly lettuce
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lactuca
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Lactuca , commonly known as lettuce , is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae . The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia . Its best-known representative is the garden lettuce ( ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lactuca \Lac*tu"ca\, n. [L., lettuce. See Lettuce .] (Bot.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated for salad; lettuce.
Usage examples of lactuca.
Erysimum pumilum, Gynerium argenteum, Helianthus orygalis, Lactuca sonchifolia, Lilium auratum, Lobelia cardinalis, Onosma taurica, Origanum pulchellum, Phlox, Physalis Alkekengi, Polygonum Brunonis, P.
All lettuces possess some of this narcotie juice, Lactuca virosa having the most, and the others in the following order: L.
Lactuca Canadensis, the wild Lettuce or Trumpet Weed, and Hieracium Canadense, are also given the designation of 'Fireweed' in America from their habit of growing on newly-burnt fallow, but Erechtites hieracifolia (Rafin.