head lettuce

What does head lettuce mean?

head lettuce means "distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball".

What is another word for head lettuce?

Close synonyms include Lactuca sativa capitata. 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 head lettuce a common word?

head lettuce 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for head lettuce come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.