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  • 61butter-head — «BUHT uhr HEHD», noun. a type of lettuce that forms a smaller head than crisp lettuce, and has waxy or buttery leaves …

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  • 62White lettuce — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …

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  • 63butter lettuce — noun Date: 1972 a lettuce (as Bibb or Boston lettuce) with a soft loose head of tender oily mild flavored leaves …

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  • 64iceberg lettuce — ► NOUN ▪ a kind of lettuce having a dense round head of crisp pale leaves …

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  • 65iceberg lettuce — ☆ iceberg lettuce n. variety of lettuce with crisp, medium green leaves tightly folded into a round, compact head …

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  • 66cabbage-lettuce — cabbˈage lettuce noun A type of lettuce with a cabbage like head • • • Main Entry: ↑cabbage …

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  • 67white lettuce — Rattlesnake Rat tle*snake (r[a^]t t l*sn[=a]k ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera {Crotalus} and {Caudisona}, or {Sistrurus}; sometimes also called {rattler}. They have a series of horny …

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  • 68Bibb lettuce — noun Etymology: Major John Bibb, 19th century American grower Date: 1961 a butter lettuce of a variety that has a small head and dark green color called also Bibb …

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  • 69Bibb lettuce — /bib/ a variety of lettuce having a small, somewhat tapering head and tender, light green leaves. [1960 65; allegedly after a 19th century U.S. grower, though the variety was first introduced about 1890 under the name Half Century, and the… …

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  • 70Boston lettuce — a cultivated variety of lettuce having a rounded head of soft, crumpled leaves, used for salads. * * * …

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