/'letɪs; `lɛtɪs/
n
1 [C] garden plant with crisp green leaves 莴苣; 生菜.
2 [U] its leaves used as food (esp in salads) 生菜叶
*[attrib 作定语] a lettuce and tomato salad 生菜蕃茄色拉. =>illus at salad 见 salad 插图.


各种漂白亚麻纤维卷植物的叶子

n [U and C]

[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: laitues, plural of laitue, from Latin lactuca, from lac 'milk'; because of its milky juice]
a round vegetable with thin green leaves eaten raw in salads


leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca_sativa