genus lactuca

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   an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce

   SynonymsLactuca

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus lactuca

What does genus lactuca mean?

genus lactuca means "an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce".

What is another word for genus lactuca?

Close synonyms include Lactuca. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus lactuca a common word?

genus lactuca is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.