stem lettuce

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   lettuce valued especially for its edible stems

   SynonymsceltuceLactuca sativa asparagina

   Broaderlettuce

   Partsceltuce

Questions about stem lettuce

What does stem lettuce mean?

stem lettuce means "lettuce valued especially for its edible stems".

What is another word for stem lettuce?

Close synonyms include celtuce, Lactuca sativa asparagina. 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 stem lettuce a common word?

stem 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.